(p. 618) parākāṣṭhā highest excellence; extreme altitude or limit; acme, zenith; (often iron.) culmination. 24)

(p. 675) pratijñā a solemn resolve or declaration; a vow; a promise, a pledge; (geom.) a theorem or a problem or a proposition. প্রতিজ্ঞা করা v. to resolve or declare solemnly; to promise. প্রতিজ্ঞাত a. resolved; promised; accepted; proposed. ̃পত্র n. a written promise or agreement, a bond; a written confession. ̃পালন n. act of keeping a promise. প্রতিজ্ঞাপালন করা v. to keep a promise. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under a pledge. ̃ভঙ্গ n. a breach of promise. প্রতিজ্ঞাভঙ্গ করা v. to break a promise. ̃ভঙ্গকারী a. promise-breaking. n. a promise-breaker. 27)

(p. 629) palaka wink or blink (of eyes); a very short time, an instant, a moment; an eyelid. পলক পড়া v. (of eyes) to close, to wink, to blink. পলক ফেলা v. to wink, to blink. ̃পাত n. closing of eyelids. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. (of eyes) unwinking unblinking; (of sight or look) steadfast, fixed, winkless. পলকে পলকে every moment; in very quick succession. পলকে প্রলয় instant disaster (with little or no warning). পলকের মধ্যে, পলকে adv. in an instant, instantly; in the twinkling of an eye. 9)

(p. 629) paryuṣita stale (পর্যুষিতল অন্ন). 3)

(p. 625) parisīmā limit, bounds; perimeter; end. 43)

(p. 606) paḍ়ā1 to fall, to drop (বৃষ্টি পড়া); to fall down, to drop down (পড়ে যাওয়া, তাল পড়া); to lean to (গায়েপড়া); (as an aux.) to perform an action (ঘুমিয়ে পড়া); to come to, to fall into (দুঃখে পড়া); to be uncultivated (জমি পড়ে থাকা); to be vacant or unoccupied (বাড়ি পড়ে থাকা); to stay or remain (পিছনে পড়া); to be unpaid or unrealized, to get into arrears (অনেক টাকা পড়ে আছে); to be outstanding (কাজ পড়ে থাকা); to set in, to begin, to ensue (আকাল পড়া); to attack, to raid (ডাকাত পড়া); to infest (পোকা পড়া); to be attacked (রোগে পড়া); to be caught (in) (জালে পড়া, দায়ে পড়া); to be affected with, to contact, to incur (মরচে পড়া, টাক পড়া, দায়ে পড়া); to arrive or appear (গিয়ে পড়া); to come across or fall upon (পথে পড়া); to set in for a spell (ঠান্ডা পড়া); to come upon, to strike, to occur (মনে পড়া = to call to mind); to require or involve or to involve an expenditure (অনেক টাকা পড়বে); to exude, to ooze, to flow out (রক্ত পড়া, রস পড়া, লাল পড়া); to fall off, to shed or to be shed, to fall (দাঁত পড়া, পাতা পড়া); to be placed (পাত পড়া); to be served (পাতে খাবার পড়া); to be paralyzed (অঙ্গ পড়ে যাওয়া); to come to a close, to decline (বেলা পড়া); to terminate; to be applied or set (হাত পড়া); to be allayed (রাগ পড়া); to be abated, to decrease (তেজ পড়া); to be directed or cast or set (চোখ পড়া); to be attracted (মন পড়া); to go into, to take in (পেটে পড়া); to be born (পেট থেকে পড়া); to be married (মেয়েটি বড় ঘরে পড়েছে). a. fallen, dropped; fallen down, dropped down; leaning to (গায়ে পড়া); hanging loose (ঝুলে-পড়া চামড়া); fallen into (বিপদে পড়া লোক); uncultivated or fallow; unoccupied, vacant; deserted (পড়া বাড়ি); staying, remaining, laid down (বিছানায় পড়া লোক); attacked; infested; caught; affected with; lying unclaimed or met with by chance (পড়া টাকা); abandoned, derelict (পড়া মাল). ̃নো v. to cause to fall or drop or lean to or infest or be attacked or be affected with or require or involve or involve an expenditure of or be turned or be directed or be cast or be set or be attracted or enter. পড়ে পড়ে কিল বা মার খাওয়া to take constant insult or suffer oppression without retaliation. পড়ে-পাওয়া v. to come upon something unexpectedly; to get a thing by chance and unexpectedly. পড়ে-পাওয়া a. got by chance and unexpectedly; that which has been obtained unexpectedly. See also পাওয়া । বাজারে পড়তে না পাওয়া to have a ready market, to go or sell like hot cakes. 11)

(p. 680) pratyabāẏa sin; vice; harm. প্রত্যবায়ী a. sinful; vicious; harmful.

(p. 615) paragāchā (bot.) a parasitic plant, a parasite; (fig.) a hanger-on, a sycophant, a parasite. 3)

(p. 675) pratibidhāna a counter-action or countermeasure; remedy, redress; revenge. প্রতিবিধান করা v. to take measures against; to remedy, to redress; to avenge. 73)

(p. 638) pāttā information, news; trace; address, whereabouts. পাত্তা করা same as পাত্তা লাগানো । পাত্তা পাওয়া v. to find trace or whereabouts of; (fig.) to be considered of some value or to be of some account. পাত্তা না পাওয়া v. to lose trace of; (fig.) to be of small account. পাত্তা না . দেওয়া v. to treat as of little or no importance, to make light of, to take a dim view. পাত্তা লাগানো v. to try to find trace or whereabouts of. 54)

(p. 625) pariśrama labour, toil; diligence, industry; effort, endeavour. পরিশ্রম করা v. to work hard, to labour, to toil; to work diligently; to endeavour. ̃কাতর, ̃বিমুখ a. averse to hard work, lazy. পরিশ্রমী a. hardworking, laborious; diligent, industrious. 30)

(p. 654) pulina the part of a sandy beach or bank up to which the high-water mark reaches; (loos.) a sand-bank, a beach, shoal. 70)

(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. 647) piupiu the note or cooing of the hawk-cuckoo. 26)

(p. 644) pārthiba earthly, worldly, mundane; material. n. a king.