(p. 638) pāṭhārthī desirous of reading or studying. n. a student, a pupil; a prospective student. fem. পাঠাথির্নী । পাঠোদ্ধার n. deciphering an obscure piece of writing or passage. 2)

(p. 629) palala meat; silt, slime; alluvium. পলল ভূমি n. alluvial soil. 16)

(p. 672) pracchādana a cover; a thin wrapper for the upper body. প্রচ্ছাদিত a. covered, wrapped.

(p. 688) prasraba an oozing. 61)

(p. 667) pōsṭāpisa a post-office. 32)

(p. 633) pākhalā rubbing and washing, scouring or rinsing (ধোয়া-পাখলা). পাখলানো. v. to rub and wash; to scour; to rinse. 40)

(p. 625) parisahanīẏa laughable, ridiculous; fit to be derided or mocked. 49)

(p. 619) paribahaṇa transportation, transport, conveyance; (esp. in elec.) conduction. পরিবহন করা v. to transport, to convey; to conduct. পরিবহন আধিকারিক transport officer. 133)

(p. 625) pariṣada, pariṣat an association, an assembly, a society; a council; (pol.) a legislative council. পরিষদীয় a. pertaining or relating to or concerning a council or assembly; legislative; parliamentary. 32)

(p. 684) prabṛtta engaged in, occupied with; induced to; undertaken or commenced. প্রবৃত্ত করা v. to set (one) to; to induce. প্রবৃত্ত হওয়া v. to set about, to be engaged in; to commence. প্রবৃত্তি n. act or state of being engaged in or occupied with or initiated to, engagement, occupation, initiation; inclination, tendency; desire; propensity; taste, appetite (আহারের প্রবৃত্তি নেই). প্রবৃত্তি মার্গ n. worldly life (as a way to salvation). 26)

(p. 645) pālaṅka, pālaṅa2 a costly bedstead or cot; a divan, a sofa. ̃পোষ n. a bed-cover; a cover for a divan; a divan and a bed; a divan. 17)

(p. 638) pāthāra the sea, the ocean; a vast expanse of water. 58)

(p. 633) pākṣika fortnightly. n. a fortnightly journal. 38)

(p. 618) paraśu1 day after tomorrow; day before yesterday. 4)

(p. 647) pin̐jā to open out the fibres of (cotton, wool etc.), to comb or card (wool, cotton, hemp etc.), to tease; (of cloth) to open out into fibres (চাদরখানা পিঁজে গেছে). 28)