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Baisak, bastdk : see bihak. Baje : without. Kångra Glossary. Bakhari : a fire-place in a well. Kangra Glossary. . Bakbarna : to separate, put apart, Kangra Glossary.
Bakra: he-goat ; * sum of money, R. 1-0 or B. 1-8, paid to the parents of a widow on her remarriage. Charah.
Bakrál: Ahed in which goats are kept. Sirmûr,
Bakri (Gadi): a she-goat ; towdt, he-goat; cheila or cheli, a kid ; patlá, young male up to two years; pat, young female; charrara, a cut male. Kangra Glossary.
Ballen lent: to bless (a child). Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 168.
Balaur: the vertical axis of the horizontal cogged wheel of a Persian well. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 160.
BAldi: the man who foods the bullocks. Cf. nytr w dla. Karnal 8. R., 1880, p. 168.
Bale, 'yes': assent, to assent to a betrothal, a betrothal. Pathing of Hoshiarpur and Muhammadans of Kangra ; among the latter the bale is a regalar observance which precedes the betrothal (mangns) : Hoshiarpur.
Balhrt, balhi, balri: A small meadow or field on the side of a stream. Kangra Glossary. Balla: level land on the side of a river. Kangra Glossary.
Balti mels: a paja ceremony held in the month of Magh or Phậgan on an auspicious day is called balt and people then assemble for a fair (mela). Simla Hills.
Balu : a bear:rich is also commonly used ; gdhi or gdi in Kula, where chidha gdi means a black bear. Kångra Glossary.
Ban: a sheep-ran. Kangra S. R. (Lyall.), pp. 88-40. Ban: the dam of a water-course. Of, dang. Kangra S. R. (Lyall.), p. 92. BAN: . ceremonial oiling the boy has to undergo at. Karnal B. R., 1880, p. 127. Ban-kironk : lit. forest watchman', the loklds pheasant ; ses under lakrola. Ban-kui: woodoock ; see jaldkeri. Bana : bash of some size, also called sambhald, lei; Simla Hills. Banahata :=chela. Ola bam, Sun and Serpent, p. 94.
Banisat: female spirit which dwells in forests on nigh mountain slopes. Cattle are believed to be under her charge and when taken to graze in the forests she is propitiated. Cf. banbir, Chamba.
Banbir: a tree spirit which has a specially evil influence. Cf. bandeat, Chamba. Banchatht: dried stems of the cotton plant. Cf. bansati. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 184.
Band khulai: the ceremony in which the bride's mother makes the bridegroom untie one knot of the manda. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 132.
Bandarwal: garland of mango leaves hung up in the doorway when a boy is born. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 125.
