(p. 696) prēẏasī most beloved, dearest. n. a lady-love, a sweet-heart, a mistress; a wife. 38)

(p. 606) pathēghāṭē anywhere and everywhere, at all places, in all parts; everywhere; here and there. 48)

(p. 619) paribhramaṇa act of going round, rotation; perigrination; travelling; wandering; roaming; strolling, walking. পরিভ্রমণ করা v. to go round, to rotate; to perigrinate; to travel; to wander; to stroll, to walk. 162)

(p. 645) pālō starch obtained from zedoary etc.; gruel of this starch. 34)

(p. 615) paradā a screen, a curtain; a veil, a zenana, purdah (পরদাপ্রথা); a thin skin or membrane, a film (চোখের পরদা); a covering; a layer, a strip, a flake (এক পরদা চামড়া; (of a musical instrument) a bridge or key; (of voice) a scale (সুরের পরদা). ̃নশিন a. (fem.) living behind the purdah, living in a zenana. ̃প্রথা n. the purdah-system. চোখের পরদা (fig.) sense of shame, sense of delicacy. 15)

(p. 684) prabōdha consolation, solace; knowledge, enlightenment; manifestation; awakening. প্রবোধ দেওয়া v. to console, to solace. প্রবোধ পাওয়া v. to get consolation. প্রবোধ মানা v. to yield to consolation; to be consoled; to be amenable to consolation. প্রবোধ না মানা v. to be disconsolate. প্রবোধন n. consoling; awakening; enlightening. প্রবোধিত a. consoled; enlightened; awakened. 30)

(p. 692) prājana a truncheon for driving cattle. 26)

(p. 618) parahitaiṣaṇā an effort to do good to others; an effort for public welfare; altruism. 17)

(p. 692) prādhānya primeness; supremacy, prominence, pre-eminence, predominance, প্রাধান্য স্হাপন বা বিস্তার করা v. to establish sway; to predominate, to domineer, to lord it over. প্রাধান্য পাওয়া v. to gain supremacy or prominence; to become predominant. 48)

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

(p. 671) prakṛti nature (শান্তপ্রকৃতি); behaviour, habit, instinct (অসত্প্রকৃতি); natural qualities, nature (বস্তুপ্রকৃতি); the external world, nature; the power that creates and regulates the world, Nature; the primordial female energy; (phil.) illusion, maya; people or subjects; (gr.) a root word. ̃গত a. pertaining to one's nature; instinctive, habitual; pertaining to physical nature, natural. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. natural; inborn, innate, inherent, native; instinctive. ̃দত্ত a. given by nature, natural; innate. ̃পুঞ্জ n. pl. people or subjects. ̃পূজা n. nature-worship, animism. ̃বাদ n. naturalism, materialism; (gr.) consideration of the rootmeaning of words, use of words in the root-meaning only, purism. ̃বাদী a. naturalistic, materialistic; (gr.) puristic. n. a naturalist, a materialist; (gr.) a purist. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. physics; natural science; natural philosophy. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. a naturalist; a physicist. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to nature. ̃স্হ a. in one's natural or normal state; come to one's senses; recovered. প্রকৃতিস্হ হওয়া v. to come to one's senses; to regain one's mental balance; to recover. 8)

(p. 644) pāramāṇaba, pāramāṇabika atomic. 9)

(p. 631) pāikā (print.) pica. 21)

(p. 666) pōtā1 plinth (of a house). 26)

(p. 642) pāraṅgama competent, efficient, capable; proficient (সর্বশাস্ত্রপারংগম); (rare) crossed over to the other bank or shore or end (of a river etc.). 48)