(p. 692) prājāpatya the usual Hindu form of marriage. a. relating to Prajapati (প্রজাপতি) the creator or protector of living beings. 27)

(p. 681) pratyānīta brought back; brought again. 19)

(p. 606) paḍ়na2 (dial.) reading; perusal; study; recitation; recital. 6)

(p. 671) prakīrtana wide celebrity; publicity (নামযশ প্রকীর্তন). 2)

(p. 696) plābī flooding; inundating; overflowing; causing to stream with; drenching or steeping (in). 71)

(p. 665) pēśa act of presenting or placing before. পেশ করা v. to present or place before; to submit; to put up; to table. 30)

(p. 681) pratyutpanna produced on the spur of the moment, extemporaneous; very prompt. ̃মতি n. presence of mind, ready wit. a. endowed with presence of mind, ready-witted. ̃মতিত্ব n. readywittedness; presence of mind.

(p. 654) pēcaka (for.) the owl. fem. পেচকী । ̃শাবক n. an owlet. 129)

(p. 625) parihāsa a joke, a jest; ridicule; mockery, derision. পরিহাস করা v. to poke fun at, to joke; to ridicule; to mock, to deride, to laugh, to scorn. ̃চ্ছলে, ̃ভরে adv. jokingly. ̃প্রিয় a. given to jesting, jestful; witty; fond of joking. ̃প্রিয়তা n. jestfulness; jocular; jocoseness; jocosity; playfulness. 52)

(p. 633) pā-gāḍ়i a bicycle; (hum.) the foot or the leg (সবচেয়ে ভালো পা-গাড়ি). 47)

(p. 687) prarōcaka (usu. dero.) inducing, instigating, persuading, inciting. n. an inducer, an instigator, (law) abettor, a persuader, an inciter, an agent provocateur. 21)

(p. 654) puraścaraṇa worship of a deity with a view to attaining some end. 33)

(p. 633) pākhōẏāja a musical instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. পাখোয়াজি n. one who can play on this instrument. 45)

(p. 688) praśaṃsā praise, commendation extolment, laudation, admiration, eulogy, applause; fame. প্রশংসা করা v. to praise, to commend, to extol, to laud, to admire, to eulogize, to applaud. ̃পত্র n. a certificate of merit; a written address of honour or felicitation. ̃বাক্য ̃বাদ n. a compliment; a eulogy. ̃ভাজন n. an object of praise; a praiseworthy person. ̃মূলক a. commendatory, laudatory, eulogistic. ̃র্হ a. praiseworthy, commendable, laudable. ̃সূচক same as প্রশংসামূলক । 17)

(p. 652) pīḍ়ka oppressing, persecuting, tormenting; forcing; insisting, pressing, chastising; accepting esp. in marriage (পাণিপীড়ক). n. an oppressor; a persecutor, a tormentor; one who forces or insists (on) or presses; a chastiser; one who accepts esp. in marriage. 20)