بنکاٴي bankāʼī वंकता S̱. s. f. A bending, cur- vature, reach or bend of a river.

بٿير baṭer S̱. (Sans. वर्त्तक) s. f. A kind of quail (Perdix olivacea. Buch.).

بهونري bhauṅrī S̱. s. f. 1. Feathered hair. 2. Name of a defect in horses.

بستر bastar S or bastra (वस्त्र) s. m. Cloth, clothes, raiment, apparel.

بده बुद्ध budh S s. m. 1. A wise or learned man, a sage. 2. The planet Mercury. 3. Wed- nesday. ¶ बुद्ध buddha, The ninth avatār or Hindū incarnation.

بکنا biknā S̱. (from विक्रय Sale, or वि and r. क्री Buy) v. n. To be sold, to sell. بک جانا bik-jānā (met.) To be dependant on, to be obliged.

برهم ब्रह्म brahm S or brahma, God, the cause and essence of the world from which all things are supposed to proceed and to which they return. برهم استر brahm-astra, s. m. A fabled weapon, which, consecrated by a formula addressed to Brahmā, deals infallible destruction to those against whom it is discharged. برهمبهوج brahm- bhoj, Feeding of Brāhmaṇs. برهم ديت brahma- daitya, An apparition, Satan, ghost. برهمراتر ब्रह्मरात्रि brahma-rātri, s. f. A night of Brah- mā, comprising a thousand ages of the gods, or 216,000,000 of those of mortals. See کلپ kalpa, sign. 2. برهم راکهس brahma-rākhas, A kind of

بوچ boch H s. m. An alligator. See کنبهير.

بڙچود buṛ-chod H A term of abuse, scoundrel.

ببري baburī S̱. (वर्वुर) s. f. The name of a tree of the Mimosa kind. (There are several species, but the commonest is Arabica. Roxb.) The acacia tree.