(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. 667) pōda a socially depressed caste amongst Hindus. 6)

(p. 606) panḍa abortive, futile, vain, useless, fruitless; spoiled, foiled, marred. পন্ড করা v. to render abortive, to bring to nothing, to baffle; to spoil, to foil, to mar, to undo. ̃শ্রম n. fruitless toil; abortive efforts. 19)

(p. 654) puriẏā a tiny packet; a dose of medicine or other articles in a tiny packet; an Indian musical mode. 50)

(p. 684) prabāla coral; a young shoot, a sprout; a new tree-leaf. ̃কীট n. the polyp, polype. ̃দ্বীপ n. a coral island. ̃প্রাচীর n. a coral reef, a barrier reef. 19)

(p. 692) prābṛṭa, prābṛṣā the rainy season, the rains. প্রাবৃষিক, প্রাবৃষ্য a. of the rainy season. 63)

(p. 692) prākāra a wall; a bulwark; a rampart; a parapet. ̃বেষ্টিত a. surrounded by a wall. 7)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā2 a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোয়ালপাড়া). পাড়া বেড়ানো. v. to stroll about idly in the neighbourhood, to go round the locality. 13)

(p. 654) purā1 before, formerly, in the past, in ancient times. 37)

(p. 629) paśā (poet.) to enter; to penetrate. 41)

(p. 696) prēẏa desired; dear; to one's liking, agreeable. 37)

(p. 625) parimlāna very pale or jaded or worn out; glum or sombre. 13)

(p. 619) parityakta given up; left off; abandoned; deserted; relinquished; quitted; renounced; omitted. fem. পরিত্যক্তা । 89)

(p. 601) pacāla (dial.) useless garrulous or idle talk or scandal. পচাল পাড়া v. to indulge in useless garrulous talk or scandal, to be talkative, to have a long tongue. 48)

(p. 606) padmālaẏā living in a lotus. n. goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 64)