(p. 687) praẏōjana necessity, need; purpose, object, end; motive; cause, occasion; use. প্রয়োজনাতিরিক্ত, প্রয়োজনাতীত a. more than what is necessary; more than enough; superfluous; unnecessary, redundant. প্রয়োজনানুরূপ a. satisfying needs, just enough to meet (one's) requirement, adequate, sufficient. প্রয়োজনীয় a. necessary, needful; serviceable, useful. প্রয়োজনীয়তা n. necessity, need; serviceability, usefulness. 20)

(p. 678) pratiyōddhā an opponent in duelling, an antagonist, a rival. 17)

(p. 615) paracā a settlement record. 7)

(p. 650) pindhana (poet. & obs.) act of putting on or wearing. 19)

(p. 654) pūrti act of filling, repletion; completion; compensation. পূর্তি-অধিদেয়, পূর্তিভাতা n. a compensatory allowance. 108)

(p. 675) pratigraha acceptance of a gift; acceptance; a gift, a present; a promise, a pledge; (astrol.) a malignant planet or star. প্রতিগ্রহণ n. acceptance of a gift; acceptance. প্রতিগ্রহণীয় a. acceptable. 20)

(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)

(p. 638) pāḍ়na bringing down; lowering; causing to come down. 11)

(p. 684) prabañcita cheated; deceived; swindled; beguiled. fem. প্রবঞ্চিতা । 5)

(p. 625) pariśuṣka very dry; pale; shrivelled. 25)

(p. 665) pēśōẏā a Maratha peshwa. 35)

(p. 649) piṇḍa a lump; a conglomerated mass; (loos.) anything ball-shaped, a ball; food offering to the manes of forefathers; a lump of food; the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or the five elements). ̃খর্জুর, (coll.) পিণ্ডে খেজুর n. dates preserved in lumps, lump-dates. ̃দ, ̃দাতা a. scripturally authorized to give food-offering to the manes; giving food-offering to the manes; providing with food. n. such a man. fem. পিণ্ডদা, পিণ্ডদাত্রী । ̃দান n. the sacrament of food-offering to the manes. পিণ্ডদান করা v. to offer food to the manes. ̃লোপ n. extinction or absence of persons or descendants authorized to offer food to one's manes; extinction of one's line of descent. ̃শরীর n. the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or five elements). 15)

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

(p. 614) paẏarā thin, watery (পয়রা গুড় = treacle made esp. out of date-palm juice). 7)

(p. 652) pisē the husband of a sister of one's father. 16)