(p. 666) paiśāca ghoulish. n. a form of marriage by force or artfulness. পৈশাচিক a. ghoulish; (fig.) nefarious, extremely obnoxious. fem. পৈশাচিকী । পৈশাচিকতা n. ghoulishness; (fig.) nefariousness, extreme obnoxiousness, fiendlike conduct. পৈশাচী a. fem. of পৈশাচ । 4)

(p. 688) praśbāsa inhalation. 30)

(p. 654) purōhita a priest. 64)

(p. 681) pratyābartana coming or going back, return. প্রত্যাবর্তন করা v. to come or go back, to return. 20)

(p. 684) prabiṣṭa entered. fem. প্রবিষ্টা । প্রবিষ্ট হওয়া v. to enter. 23)

(p. 652) pīḍ়ka oppressing, persecuting, tormenting; forcing; insisting, pressing, chastising; accepting esp. in marriage (পাণিপীড়ক). n. an oppressor; a persecutor, a tormentor; one who forces or insists (on) or presses; a chastiser; one who accepts esp. in marriage. 20)

(p. 633) pām̐śa ashes; a worthless or nonsense thing, talk etc. (ছাইপাঁশ). পাঁশুটে a. ash-coloured; livid, pale. 20)

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

(p. 615) paramānna a sweet dish prepared by boiling rice in milk with sugar and other ingredients, sweet rice-porridge. 60)

(p. 682) prapūraṇa filling up completely. 42)

(p. 642) pāntā old by more than one night; overnight; cooked overnight and kept steeped in water (পান্তা ভাত); stale (পান্তা খবর). n. rice cooked overnight and kept steeped in water. (পান্তা ভাতে ঘি (fig.) unnecessary or ludicrous spending of a good or costly thing. 21)

(p. 665) pēnaśana a pension. ̃ভোগী n. a pensioner. 11)

(p. 688) praśraẏa indulgence, latitude, pampering; over-affection; (rare) politeness. প্রশ্রয় দেওয়া v. to give (one) indulgence or latitude, to indulge, to pamper; to treat with over-affection. ̃দাতা n. one who gives indulgence, an indulger. ̃দান v. act of giving indulgence, indulgence. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. indulged, pampered. 31)

(p. 619) paribarjana complete abandonment or avoidance or casting off or giving up or renouncement or rejection. পরিবর্জনীয় a. that which can be or should be abandoned or given up or renounced. 124)

(p. 629) paścādgati retrograde motion, backward movement. পশ্চাদ্গমন n. retrogression, going after, following. পশ্চাদ্গমন করা v. to follow, to go after. পশ্চাদ্গামী a. following, going after. পশ্চাদ্গামী হওয়া v. to follow, to go after. পশ্চাদ্বর্তী a. lying behind; lagging behind; following, coming after or behind. পশ্চাদ্বর্তী হওয়া v. to lie behind; to lag behind; to follow. পশ্চাদনুসরণ n. act of following; pursuit. পশ্চাদনুসরণ করা v. to follow; to pursue. পশ্চাদনুসরণকারী a. following; pursuing. n. a follower; a pursuer. fem. পশ্চাদনুসরণকারিণী । 46)