(p. 671) prakrama beginning, commencement. 13)

(p. 666) pōḍ়āmāṭi burnt or scorched earth. পোড়া মাটির কাজ terracotta; brownish-red earthen ware or art objects of this material. 23)

(p. 638) pādukā boot, shoe, slipper; footwear. পাদুকা-পরিহিত a. booted, shoed. 68)

(p. 642) pāẏacāri act of walking about (esp. at ease), perambulation; a stroll. পায়চারি করা v. to walk about (at ease), to perambulate, to stroll, to pace up and down, to amble. 39)

(p. 638) pātakhōlā a piece of incompletely burnt potsherd. 28)

(p. 652) pisatutō born of a sister of one's father or father-in-law. 11)

(p. 619) parābidyā knowledge about the Supreme Spirit; spiritual knowledge. 16)

(p. 671) prakṛti nature (শান্তপ্রকৃতি); behaviour, habit, instinct (অসত্প্রকৃতি); natural qualities, nature (বস্তুপ্রকৃতি); the external world, nature; the power that creates and regulates the world, Nature; the primordial female energy; (phil.) illusion, maya; people or subjects; (gr.) a root word. ̃গত a. pertaining to one's nature; instinctive, habitual; pertaining to physical nature, natural. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. natural; inborn, innate, inherent, native; instinctive. ̃দত্ত a. given by nature, natural; innate. ̃পুঞ্জ n. pl. people or subjects. ̃পূজা n. nature-worship, animism. ̃বাদ n. naturalism, materialism; (gr.) consideration of the rootmeaning of words, use of words in the root-meaning only, purism. ̃বাদী a. naturalistic, materialistic; (gr.) puristic. n. a naturalist, a materialist; (gr.) a purist. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. physics; natural science; natural philosophy. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. a naturalist; a physicist. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to nature. ̃স্হ a. in one's natural or normal state; come to one's senses; recovered. প্রকৃতিস্হ হওয়া v. to come to one's senses; to regain one's mental balance; to recover. 8)

(p. 696) prāẏōgika (phil.) pragmatic, empirical; technical. 4)

(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. 687) prayōktā an employer; an applier; a performer. 12)

(p. 671) pragaṇḍa the upper arm.

(p. 606) paḍ়tā a continuous succession of winning or lucky throws (as of dice); luck (পড়তা মন্দ); favourable time, fortune; good terms, amiability (তার সঙ্গে আমার পড়তা হলনা); an approximate number or amount, approximation (গড়পড়তা); (comm.) cost of production or procurement. পড়তা পড়া v. (at dice etc.) to be able to make winning or lucky throws in a row; to have a favourable or fortunate time; (comn.) to meet the cost of production or procurement. পড়তা পোষানো v. to meet or cover the cost of production or procurement. 3)

(p. 678) pratimāna a model, a pattern; (phys.) balancing, a weight. প্রতিমান করা v. (phys.) to balance. 11)

(p. 631) pāikā (print.) pica. 21)