(p. 629) palaka wink or blink (of eyes); a very short time, an instant, a moment; an eyelid. পলক পড়া v. (of eyes) to close, to wink, to blink. পলক ফেলা v. to wink, to blink. ̃পাত n. closing of eyelids. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. (of eyes) unwinking unblinking; (of sight or look) steadfast, fixed, winkless. পলকে পলকে every moment; in very quick succession. পলকে প্রলয় instant disaster (with little or no warning). পলকের মধ্যে, পলকে adv. in an instant, instantly; in the twinkling of an eye. 9)

(p. 688) praśamana, praśama allayment, soothing; stopping, dissuasion; restraining or resisting; quelling; (phys.) neutralization; mitigation; pacification. প্রশমন করা v. to allay or alleviate, to soothe; to stop, to dissuade; to check, to restrain, to resist; to subdue, to quell; (phys.) to neutralize; to mitigate, to make less severe; to pacify. প্রশমলবণ n. (chiefly in chem.) neutral salt. প্রশমিত a. allayed, alleviated, soothed; stopped, dissuaded; checked, restrained, resisted; subdued, quelled; (phys.) neutralized; mitigated; pacified. প্রশমিত করা same as প্রশমন করা 19)

(p. 625) pariṣkaraṇa cleansing or refining. 36)

(p. 674) pratata wide; widespread; extended; expanded. 15)

(p. 652) pihita sheathed, encased. 18)

(p. 650) pidhāna a case, a sheath (as of a sword); a lid; a covering. 13)

(p. 606) paḍ়ti fall; decline (পড়তির মুখ); (comm.) a fall in prices, business etc., slump (উড়তি-পড়তি); the portion of materials or ingredient wasted or scattered in course of production of an article (ঝড়তি-পড়তি); remainder, remnant. a. falling, on the decline. পড়তি বাজার slump, market with falling prices. 4)

(p. 631) pasuri a measure of weight (about 4.5 kgs.). 14)

(p. 650) pira a muslim saint. 31)

(p. 606) padmāsīnā seated on a lotus. masc. পদ্মাসীন । 66)

(p. 678) pratimuhurta every moment; always. 13)

(p. 673) praṇamya one who is to be or fit to be saluted by bowing or bending to touch the feet.

(p. 688) prasārya stretchy; extensible; expansible. ̃মাণ a. in the process of being stretched (out) or expanded. 43)

(p. 638) pātra a pot, a vessel, a utensil, a container; a minister, a counsellor; a deserving man or an object (প্রশংসার পাত্র); a man, a fellow (ভবি ভোলার পাত্র নয়); a male character in a play; bridegroom; a prospective bridegroom. পাত্র দেখা v. to interview a prospective bridegroom for selection; to choose a bridegroom. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's people or party. ̃মিত্র n. pl. (a monarch's) courtiers and friends. ̃স্হ a. lying on or contained in a pot or vessel; (of a girl) wedded, married. পাত্রস্হ করা v. to give (a girl) in marriage, to marry, to wed. পাত্রাপাত্র n. deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রাপাত্রবিচার n. discrimination between deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রী n. fem. a deserving woman or a female object; a female character in a play; a bride; a prospective bride. পাত্রী দেখা v. to interview a prospective bride for selection; to choose a bride. পাত্রীপক্ষ n. the bride's people or party. যোগ্যপাত্র n. a deserving person; a worthy groom. যোগ্যপাত্রী n. a worthy bride. সত্পাত্র n. same as যোগ্যপাত্র । 55)

(p. 615) paramāṇu an atom. পরমাণু-অঙ্ক n. (phys.) an atomic number. পরমাণু তত্ত্ব, ̃বাদ n. the atomic theory; (phil & psy.) atomism. ˜তাত্ত্বিক, ̃বাদী n. an atomist. a. atomistic. পরমাণু তাপ n. (phys.) atomic heat. পরমাণু বোমা n. the atom bomb. পরমাণু ভার n. (phys.) atomic weight. 54)