(p. 615) paracarcā discussion about others behind their back; slandering, backbiting, gossip, scandal-mongering. পরচর্চা করা v. to discuss others; to slander, to gossip about others. 6)

(p. 692) prācya eastern, oriental. n. same as প্রাচী । ̃দেশ n. an oriental or eastern country. 25)

(p. 687) prayatna repeated or thorough endeavour or effort, perseverance. প্রযত্ন করা v. to persevere. ̃সহকারে adv. perseveringly; thoroughly; carefully. 9)

(p. 667) pōnā young of fish (esp. of a larger one like trout etc.). ̃মাছ n. a fish of the species of rui (রুই), katla (কাতলা), mrigel (মৃগেল) etc. 8)

(p. 652) puchā, pōchā to ask, to inquire, to question, to interrogate; to pay heed to, to attach importance to (তাকে কেউ পোছে না).

(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) pāka2 cooking; act of condensing by heat (সন্দেশের পাক); digestion (পাকস্হলী); consequence (বিপাক); greyness (চুলে পাক ধরা). পাক করা v. to cook. পাক ধরা v. to begin to be condensed by heat; to begin to turn grey. ̃ক্রিয়া n. (function or act of) digestion. ̃তেল n. a medicinal oil. ̃পাত্র same as পাকস্হালী । ̃মন্ড n. chyme. ̃যন্ত্র n. the digestive organ, the stomach. পাকযন্ত্র-প্রদাহ n. inflammation of the stomach, gastritis. ̃শালা a. a kitchen, a cookhouse. ̃স্হলী n. the stomach. ̃স্হালী n. a cooking pot or utensil. ̃স্পর্শ n. the ceremony of a bride's serving out food for the first time to her husband's kinsfolk. 22)

(p. 619) parikīrṇa thoroughly or extensively scattered or strewn or spread out or diffused or pervaded. 40)

(p. 678) pratiśaẏa, pratiśaẏana a persistent squatting at the temple of a deity for divine favour or boon. প্রতিশয়িত a. thus squatting. 26)

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

(p. 615) paranirbhara dependent on others, dependent on somebody else. ̃তা n. dependence on others. 28)

(p. 672) pragāhya (law) cognizable. 8)

(p. 631) paśbācāra a form of asceticism characterized by self-restraint, continence and abstinence from drinking wine and eating meat; beastly conduct, brutality. পশ্বাচারী a. practising the aforesaid form of asceticism; bestial, brutal. 7)

(p. 669) prakāra class, kind, sort, type, species, genus, variety (বহুপ্রকার খাদ্য); mode, method, way, manner, procedure, process, means (কী প্রকারে). কী কী প্রকারে, কোন প্রকারে by what means, in which way, how. কোনো না কোনো প্রকারে by some means or other, somehow; by hook or by crook. 32)

(p. 666) paitṛka paternal, ancestral (পৈতৃক ভিটা, পৈতৃক সম্পত্তি); hereditary (পৈতৃক রোগ). 2)