(p. 696) prārthī praying for, asking for; applying for; desiring. n. one who prays for or asks for; an applicant; a candidate; a desirer. 12)

(p. 625) parimārjana scouring or cleansing; refining or chastening. পরিমার্জনা n. scouring or cleansing; refining; (of a book, a dictionary etc) correction, editing and making up-to-date. 7)

(p. 647) pichānō to fall back; to recoil, to flinch; to back out; to retreat, to beat a retreat; to move (towards one's) back; to put off or be put off, to postpone or be postponed, to defer or be deferred. 45)

(p. 601) pakṣibidyā ornithology. 26)

(p. 647) pāsarā (poet.) to forget. 20)

(p. 619) paripāṭi orderly arrangement; orderliness; skill. a. arranged in an orderly manner; orderly; skilful, adroit. 109)

(p. 606) paḍ়paḍ়, paḍ়ōpaḍ়ō about to fall or collapse or cave in মাথার উপড়ে বাড়ি পড়পড়. 8)

(p. 631) pāi an obsolete Indian coin (=1/192; rupee), a pie. 19)

(p. 692) prāgaitihāsika pre-historic. 17)

(p. 680) pratīkṣita awaited; expected. 5)

(p. 674) praṇidhāna close attention; profound meditation; deep consideration; earnest application or employment. প্রণিধান করা v. to pay close attention to; to meditate deeply; to consider deeply; to apply or employ earnestly (to). ̃যোগ্য a. deserving close attention or deep consideration. 8)

(p. 696) prēta an evil spirit, a goblin, a ghoul; a ghost; the spirit or ghost of a dead person. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য, ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. funeral rites; obsequial rites. ̃তত্ত্ব n. spiritism, spiritualism. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a spiritist, a spiritualist. ̃তর্পণ n. offering of water to the spirit of a deceased person. ̃দেহ n. a ghost (of a dead person), an apparition. ̃নদী n. (myth.) the river Baitarini (বৈতরণী) which the soul of the dead has to cross, (cp.) the Styx. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark lunar fortnight ending with the Mahalaya (মহালয়া). ̃পিন্ড n. lump of food offered to the spirit of a deceased person. ̃ভূমি n. a burial ground, a cremation ground. ̃পুরী n. the abode of the dead, the spirit-world, (cp.) Hades. ̃মূর্তি n. a ghost, an apparition. ̃যোনি n. an evil spirit, a goblin, a ghoul. ̃লোক same as েতপুরী । প্রতাত্মা n. the soul or spirit of a dead person, a ghost, a spirit. েতাশৌচ n. impurity of one's body caused by carrying a dead person. েতিনী n. fem. a female evil spirit, a female goblin or ghoul. 34)

(p. 650) piṇḍāri a band of mercenary freebooters who operated in India till 1817, the Pindaris. 18)

(p. 647) piṅgala the yellowish brown colour, mud-colour. a. yellowish brown, mud-coloured. fem. a. পিঙ্গলা । 36)

(p. 619) parikṣēpa scattering; scattered state; abandonment; act or state of being surrounded; that which encloses, such as fencing, railing etc. 47)