(p. 692) prācya eastern, oriental. n. same as প্রাচী । ̃দেশ n. an oriental or eastern country. 25)

(p. 684) pramāṇa proof; evidence; testimony; witness; a precedent; authority; conviction. a. of the standard size (প্রমাণ শার্ট); standard (প্রমাণ মাপ); (esp. in phys.) normal (প্রমাণ প্রেষ); equivalent to, resembling (পর্বতপ্রমাণ). প্রমাণ করা v. to prove; to demonstrate; to substantiate. প্রমাণ দেওয়া v. to give evidence or proof (of); to prove; to demonstrate; to testify. প্রমাণ হওয়া v. to be proved. ̃ক n. a voucher. ̃গ্রন্হ n. an authoritative book. ̃পঞ্জি n. a bibliography. ̃পত্র n. a document; a written warrant or affidavit; a voucher; a receipt; a certificate; testimonial. ̃বাক্য n. an authoritative saying; a citation of precedents. ̃সই a. of full measure; up to the mark. ̃সাপেক্ষ a. subject to proof. ̃সিদ্ধ a. established by evidences, proved. প্রমাণাভাব n. want of evidence or proof. প্রমাণিত, প্রমাণীকৃত a. proved; demonstrated; substantiated. 48)

(p. 682) pradōṣa, pradōṣakāla evening; nightfall, evening twilight; night. প্রদোষান্ধকার n. the gloom of the evening. 30)

(p. 669) pauṣa Paus, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar from mid December to mid January. ̃পার্বণ n. the festival of preparing and offering sweet pies made of new rice on the last day of the month of Paus. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. the last day of the month of Paus. পৌষালি a. relating to or grown in or performed in the month of Paus. 6)

(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. 696) prinsipāla a principal (of an institution). 20)

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

(p. 642) pānīẏa that which is drunk; drinkable. n. a drink; a sweet drink, sharbat; a cordial; an alcoholic or strong drink; a beverage; a potion. পানীয় জল drinking water. 19)

(p. 650) pilapila expressing: a swarming crowd. পিলপিল করা v. to swarm. পিলপিল করে বেরোনো to come out swarmingly.

(p. 654) pūtōdaka holy water. 93)

(p. 601) pañjara the ribs; the thor; the skeletal frame of the chest; a flank; a cage. পঞ্জরাস্হি n. a rib-bone, a rib. 61)

(p. 638) pāthēẏa travelling expenses; allowance; (chiefly rel.) viaticum. 60)

(p. 645) pālānō to flee, to run away, to show a clean pair of heels; to play truant, to mooch, to mouch. a. runaway; fugitive; truant. See also the for. form পালানো । 26)

(p. 682) pradhbaṃsa annihilation, destruction. প্রধ্বংসী a. annihilating, destructive. 36)

(p. 682) pradhāna chief, main, principal; prime; most important; leading, foremost; preeminent; predominant. in comp. (used as a sfx.) dominated by or chiefly characterized by (শীতপ্রধান). n. a chief; a headman; a leader; a royal counsellor; God; the primordial female energy. fem. প্রধানা । প্রধান অক্ষ the principal axis. প্রধান অতিথি the chief guest. প্রধান আরক্ষিক the head constable. প্রধান কারণিক the head clerk. প্রধান কর্মসচিব the Chief Secretary. প্রধান চরিত্র the principal or chief or the focal character. প্রধানত adv. chiefly, mainly, principally, pre-eminently, predominantly. প্রধানতা n. primeness; supremacy; preeminence, predominance. প্রধান বিচারপতি the Chief Justice. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the Prime Minister. ̃মূল (bot.) the tap root. ̃শিক্ষক the headmaster. fem. ̃শিক্ষিকা the headmistress. প্রধান সেনাপতি the Commander-in-Chief. 32)