(p. 692) prācurya plenty, abundance; affluence, milk and honey; profusion; amplitude; numerousness; sufficiency. 24)

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

(p. 629) palakā brittle, fragile; frail; delicate; unsubstantial. 10)

(p. 619) parigṛhīta solemnly taken, accepted; put on; won; assumed. 52)

(p. 638) pātāla the netherworld, the underworld; Hades; hell. ̃পুরী n. the capital city of the netherworld, Hades; the netherworld. ̃বাসী a. inhabiting or dwelling in the netherworld. fem. ̃বাসিনী । 43)

(p. 647) pica3 (in cricket) pitch. 38)

(p. 618) paraśu2 a battle-axe; a scimitar. ̃রাম n. the sixth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) who carried a battle-axe with which he exterminated kshatriyas (ক্ষত্রিয়) from the face of the earth for twenty-one times. 5)

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

(p. 654) pṛthbī the earth, the world. 119)

(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. 633) pākkā emphatical var. of পাকা (a). 37)

(p. 696) prōnnata very high; highly developed, prosperous; highly advanced. 57)

(p. 654) puṇyātmā pious, virtuous; holy. 13)

(p. 654) pustabikalana book-debit. 82)

(p. 650) pitrālaẏa father's house (esp. of a married woman). 12)