BARAPEN: Remuneration given to copyists. Hire given for important services, as the building of wihares, making of images, etc.
BASNAYAKE NILAME: The lay chief or principal officer of a Dewale.
BATAKOLA: The leaves of a small species of bamboo used for thatching buildings.
BATGOTUWA: Boiled rice served out or wrapped up in a leaf. Boiled rice offered up at a Yak or Bali ceremony.
BATTANARALA: The Kapurala who offers the multen (food offering).
BATWADANARALA: The same as Battanarala.
BATWALANDA: Earthenware vessel for boiling rice in. It is as large as a common pot but with a wider mouth.
BATWALAN-HAKURU: Large cakes of jaggery of the shape of a “Batwalanda” generally made in Sabaragamuwa.
BATWEDA: Work not done for hire, but for which the workmen receive food.
BATWI: Paddy given by the proprietor as sustenance to a cultivator in lieu of food given during work.