(p. 692) prāmāṇya authoritativeness, authenticity. a. same as প্রামাণিক । 67)

(p. 633) pāṭi1, pāṭī1 a finely woven mat of a kind of aquatic grass. 87)

(p. 601) pañcānanda a traditional deity of Bengal; (loos.) Shiva (শিব). 54)

(p. 614) parakāla the world beyond death, the beyond, the hereafter, the eternal world; the future (পরকাল ঝরঝরে). পরকাল খাওয়া, পরকাল ঝরঝরে করা, পরকাল নষ্ট করা v. to ruin one's future; to cause to go to the bad, to deprave; to consign to spiritual damnation. পরকালের কাজ an act of piety. পরকালের চিন্তা spiritual meditation. 23)

(p. 615) parapūrbā one who was married or betrothed to (and subsequently estranged from) another. 41)

(p. 619) pariplūta flooded; submerged; inundated; drenched, soaked, saturated. fem. পরিপ্লূতা । পরিপ্লূত করা v. to flood; to submerge; to inundate; to drench; to saturate. 123)

(p. 682) pradēẏa that which is to be or can be given. 28)

(p. 647) picha, pichana the back; the backside, the rear; (fig.) the past. পিছনে চলা v. to go or move backwards; to retrograde; to return or recede. পিছনে চাওয়া, পিছনে দেখা v. to look to one's own back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছন পিছন, পিছনে পিছনে on the back of, at the heels of. পিছন ফেরা v. to turn back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছটান, পিছনটান n. (lit.) a pull from the back; (fig.) attachment to one's family circle which retards or impedes one's progress. পিছপা a. taken aback, recoiled; reluctant. পিছপা হওয়া v. to be taken aback, to recoil, to flinch (in fear, pain etc.); to be reluctant. পিছমোড়া a. pinioned at the back. পিছমোড়া করে বাঁধা to pinion one at one's back. পিছনে লাগা v. to tease or vex (somebody); to make fun playfully or annoyingly. 43)

(p. 669) pyān̐cānō to twist or wring spirally, to screw; to writhe; to make intricate deliberately; to complicate; to entangle; to involve (তাকে এ ব্যাপারে প্যাঁচাচ্ছ কেন); to employ a shrewd or tricky turn in one's speech. a. twisted or wrung spirally; spiral; intricate, complicated; entangled; tortuous, full of angularity (প্যাঁচানো মন); having shrewd or tricky turns (প্যাঁচানো কথাবার্তা). 11)

(p. 681) pratyākhyāta rejected, refused; discarded; disallowed; unentertained; (rare) neglected, slighted. 11)

(p. 650) piẏādā an armed footman; a liveried messenger; a process-server; a bailiff; (in chess) a pawn. 27)

(p. 647) pica4 a black residue of distillation of tar, pitch. ̃-ঢালা a. pitched, tarred (পিচ ঢালা রাস্তা). পিচ দেওয়া, পিচ ঢালা v. to pitch, to tar. 39)

(p. 619) paricaryā serving, waiting or attending upon; nursing; worship. পরিচর্যা করা v. to serve, to wait or attend upon; to nurse; to worship. 58)

(p. 638) pāda2 the foot; the leg; a step or pace (সপ্তপাদ পশ্চিমে); bottom, foot (পর্বতের পাদদেশ); (of a tree) root (পাদপ); (of a verse) a line; a quarter (এক পাদ ধর্ম); (geom.) a quadrant; a title of honour (প্রভুপাদ). ̃ক্ষেপ same as পদক্ষেপ (see পদ). ̃গ্রন্হি n. the ankle. ̃গ্রহণ n. act of touching another's feet in obesiance. ̃চারণা, ̃চরণ, পাদাচার same as পদচারণা (see পদ). ̃চারী n. a pedestrian. ̃চিহ্ন same as পদচিহ্ন (see পদ). ̃টীকা n. a footnote. ̃তল n. the sole (of the foot). ̃ত্রাণ n. boot, shoe. ̃ত্রিভুজ n. (geom.) a pedal triangle. ̃দেশ n. the region at or around the foot or root or bottom. ̃পদ্ম n. feet reverentially conceived as a pair of lotuses. ̃পীঠ n. a foot-stool. ̃পূরণ n. act of composing the missing line of a verse etc.; an expletive; (journalese) a short poem or quotation printed to fill up the blank space at the bottom of a page of a periodical. পাদপূরণ করা v. to supply the missing line of a verse; to fill up the blank space. ̃পৃষ্ট n. the instep. পাদপ্রক্ষালন করা v. to rub and wash one's feet (and also legs). ̃প্রদীপ n. a footlight; (fig.) limelight. ̃প্রহার n. a kick. পাদপ্রহার করা v. to kick. ̃বন্দনা n. respect shown to a revered person by touching his or her feet. ̃বিক a. travelling esp. on foot, pedestrian. ̃বিক্ষেপ same as পদবিক্ষেপ (see পদ). ̃মূল n. the sole (of feet); the heel; the bottom. ̃লেহন same as পদলেহন (see পদ). ̃শৈল n. a small hill at the foot of a mountain. ̃স্ফোট n. chilblain; kibe. ̃সংস্হান n. (astr.) quadrature. 62)

(p. 642) pānha a traveller, a wayfarer. ̃তরু, ̃পাদপ n. traveller's tree or palm, the Ravenala. ̃নিবাস, ̃শালা n. a caravansarai; an inn; a wayside boarding-house; a hotel; (loos.) a boarding-house. 22)