(p. 654) pēkhama a peacock's plumage or tail esp. when expanded or spread out like a fan at the time of dancing. পেখম ধরা, পেখম ফোলানো v. (of a peacock) to expand or distend one's plumage or tail (when dancing); (fig.) to be beside oneself with joy, to be foolishly ostentatious in dress, to be vainglorious, to peacock. 127)

(p. 615) paracarcā discussion about others behind their back; slandering, backbiting, gossip, scandal-mongering. পরচর্চা করা v. to discuss others; to slander, to gossip about others. 6)

(p. 601) paṅkhī (vul.) a bird; (vul.) a ganjasmoker and teller of cock-and-bull stories (পঙ্খীর দল). a. shaped like a bird (ময়ূরপঙ্খী). 40)

(p. 688) pralōbhana allurement, temptation, enticement; a tempting object. প্রলোভন দেখানো v. to bring an allurement (to); to entice, to try to allure or tempt. 13)

(p. 667) pōṣa2 taming, domestication; act of bringing under one's control, subdual. পোষ-মানা a. tame, domesticated; brought under control, subdued; habituated to obedience. পোষ মানা v. to become tame or domesticated; to come under control, to be subdued; to be habituated to obedience; (of a horse) to be broken. পোষ মানানো v. to tame, to domesticate; to bring under one's control, to subdue; to habituate to obedience; to break (as a horse). 18)

(p. 672) pracura great in amount or degree or number; plentiful, abundant; profuse; ample; numerous; enough; sufficient. প্রচুর পরিমাণে adv. in abundance or in abundant quantity. 13)

(p. 647) pāsarana, pāsaraṇa (poet.) act of forgetting, oblivion. 19)

(p. 644) pārābāra an ocean, a sea; both shores or banks of a sea, river etc. 24)

(p. 672) pracēṣṭā (repeated or unflagging) effort, endeavour, application, persistent attempt. 15)

(p. 696) plābinī of প্লাবী । 70)

(p. 615) paramata another's or others' view or opinion; a view or opinion not one's own. ̃সহিষ্ণু a. tolerant of others' views or opinions. ̃সহিষ্ণুতা n. tolerance or toleration of others' views or opinions. পরমতাবলম্বী a. guided by or adopting another's view; having no opinion of one's own. fem. পরমতাবলম্বিনী । 52)

(p. 654) pustikā, pustī a booklet; a pamphlet. 83)

(p. 647) pāśabāliśa a bolster. 9)

(p. 647) pichānō to fall back; to recoil, to flinch; to back out; to retreat, to beat a retreat; to move (towards one's) back; to put off or be put off, to postpone or be postponed, to defer or be deferred. 45)

(p. 633) pācya that which can be or is to be cooked; digestive, digestible. 58)