(p. 665) pēṭrala petrol. 5)

(p. 667) pōṣṭā one who or that which brings up or rears or nourishes. 23)

(p. 678) pratisbākṣara countersignature. প্রতিস্বাক্ষরিত a. countersigned. 42)

(p. 692) prāṇāẏāma breath-control as prescribed in the yoga system. 31)

(p. 652) pun̐ti a kind of small pearl-shaped ball of glass with a small hole through it, bead. পুঁতির মালা a string of these balls, a string or necklace of beads. 43)

(p. 631) pāṃśana bringing disgrace, tarnishing (কুল পাংশন). 28)

(p. 625) pariṣēbā care of the sick, nursing. 34)

(p. 628) paryābaraṇa environment; surroundings; the environs. 21)

(p. 645) pālana upbringing, rearing (সন্তানপালন); nursing or fostering (পরের সন্তান পালন); maintenance (পোষ্যপালন); keeping, breeding, tending (পশুপালন); nourishment (শরীরপালন); protection, preservation, defence (রাজ্যপালন, ধর্মপালন); observance, compliance (নিয়মপালন, আদেশপালন); fulfilment (প্রতিশ্রুতিপালন). পালন করা v. to bring up, to rear; to foster or nurse; to maintain; to keep, to breed, to tend, to fancy; to nourish; to protect, to preserve, to guard, to defend; to observe, to comply (with); to fulfil. ̃কর্তা n. same as পালক2 (n.). fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । পালনীয় a. to be brought up or reared or nursed or fostered or maintained or kept or bred or nourished or protected or preserved or defended or observed or complied (with) or fulfilled or carried out. 21)

(p. 619) parāmānika a barber (by caste or trade). 23)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)

(p. 678) pratibhū a representative, a deputy, an agent, a substitute; a hostage. 7)

(p. 681) pratyāsanna very near, contiguous; that which is round the corner; imminent, impending. 26)

(p. 629) palija alluvial. 29)

(p. 625) parīkṣaṇa act of testing or examining or trying or investigating or foretelling or divining. পরীক্ষণীয় a. that which or one who is to be tested or examined or tried or investigated or experimented upon or divined; examinable. 55)