(p. 638) pāḍ়ā1 to bring down (নারকেল পা়ড়া, তাক থেকে পাড়া); to pluck (ফুল পাড়া); to knock down (ভীম কীচককে পেড়ে ফেললেন); to cause to take to one's bed, to prostrate (জ্বরে তাকে পেড়ে ফেলেছে); to lay out (বিছানা পাড়া = to make a bed); to lay as eggs (ডিম পাড়া = to lay an egg); to pronounce loudly (গাল পাড়া = to shout abuses at); to invoke as in solemn appeal (দোহাই পাড়া = to invoke as in solemn appeal, to call down or upon); to remove, to clear (এঁটো পাড়া = to clear the table). 12)

(p. 675) pratinamaskāra salutation in reply to a salutation. 35)

(p. 682) prathā usage, custom, practice; system, method. ̃গত a. customary. ̃নুগ a. in accordance with custom; customary; conventional. ̃নুগত্য n. loyalty or faithfulness to custom or convention. ̃নুসারে adv. according to the custom or practice or system, customarily. ̃মতো adv. according to or in accordance with custom or convention; conventionally. 9)

(p. 688) prasūna a flower; a fruit; a bud, a blossom. 49)

(p. 672) pracala current. n. a convention. ̃ন n. act of bringing into practice, introduction usage, practice; currency. প্রচলন করা v. to bring into practice or currency; to introduce. প্রচলন হওয়া v. to be introduced or practised; to gain currency. প্রচলিত a. introduced; current, in vogue or prevailing taste; customary. 11)

(p. 675) pratipādya to be ascertained or corroborated or confirmed or verified or proved or substantiated or accomplished or performed; ascertainable; confirmable; verifiable; provable; accomplishable, performable. 52)

(p. 642) pāraṅgama competent, efficient, capable; proficient (সর্বশাস্ত্রপারংগম); (rare) crossed over to the other bank or shore or end (of a river etc.). 48)

(p. 614) paẏōmuka the cloud. 16)

(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. 619) paricintita deeply or carefully thought out or deliberated; well-planned. 68)

(p. 625) parōkṣa imperceptible or unseen but known or true, not known directly, circumstantial (পরোক্ষ প্রমাণ); indirect (পরোক্ষ উক্তি); roundabout (পরোক্ষভাবে). পরোক্ষ কর an indirect tax. পরোক্ষে, ̃ভাবে adv. behind one's back, in one's absence. পরোক্ষে নিন্দা করা to slander somebody in his absence, to backbite. 63)

(p. 618) parā-1 denoting; excessiveness, contrariety, opposition etc. (পরাজয়). 19)

(p. 681) pratyāśā hope; longing; prospect; expectation; awaiting. প্রত্যাশা করা v. to hope or long (for); to expect; to await. প্রত্যাশিত a. hoped; longed for; prospective; expected; awaited. প্রত্যাশী a. hoping or longing for; expectant; awaiting. 25)

(p. 615) paradā a screen, a curtain; a veil, a zenana, purdah (পরদাপ্রথা); a thin skin or membrane, a film (চোখের পরদা); a covering; a layer, a strip, a flake (এক পরদা চামড়া; (of a musical instrument) a bridge or key; (of voice) a scale (সুরের পরদা). ̃নশিন a. (fem.) living behind the purdah, living in a zenana. ̃প্রথা n. the purdah-system. চোখের পরদা (fig.) sense of shame, sense of delicacy. 15)

(p. 652) pīḍ়āgrasta ailing, sick, diseased. 23)