(p. 644) pārā3 (aux.) to be able, can, may (করতে পারা). v. to do, to perform, to execute, to manage (সে এ কাজ পারে না); to vie with, to compete with (সে তার সঙ্গে পারে না). 20)

(p. 692) prādēśika provincial (প্রাদেশিক স্বায়ত্বশাসন). প্রাদেশিকতা n. provincialism; parochialism; insularity. 47)

(p. 678) pratisārita removed; led away. 38)

(p. 619) paricchinna divided, parted; separated; severed; detached; limited, bounded; individualized; moderate. 71)

(p. 682) prapañca extent; illusion, maya; delusion; phenomenal reality; the world; the worldly life; an error or mistake; untruth; falsehood; a collection, a multitude. ̃ময় a. full of illusions; illusory. প্রপঞ্চিত a. extensive; extended; illusive; illusory; erroneous. 38)

(p. 614) parakṣaṇa the next moment. 26)

(p. 678) pratisaṃhṛta (of weapons etc.) held back, withheld; warded off. 32)

(p. 619) paridṛśyamāna visible all around; thoroughly visible; manifest. 98)

(p. 633) pākuḍ় a species of fig-tree, Ficus infectoria. 35)

(p. 647) pāśakrīḍ়ā dice-play. 6)

(p. 625) parīkṣāmūlaka experimental. 57)

(p. 688) praśna a question; a query; interrogation; inquiry; a point at issue; a problem (বাঁচার প্রশ্ন); a disputed point. প্রশ্ন করা v. to question; to ask; to inquire; to interrogate; to set questions (as for examinees). ̃কর্তা n. a questioner; an inquirer; an interrogator; one who sets questions (as for examinees); a papersetter. fem. প্রশ্নকর্ত্রী । ̃পত্র n. a set of questions for the examinees, a paper. ̃বাণ n. questions that pierce or hurt like shafts or darts or arrows or missiles, questions piercing as a shaft, embarrassing or piercing questions. প্রশ্নবাণে জর্জরিত করা to ask too many or volleys of troublesome questions, to heckle. ̃বোধক a. denoting or signifying a question. ̃বোধক চিহ্ন n. note or sign of interrogation. ̃মালা n. a set of questions; (loos.) an exercise (for students). প্রশ্নোত্তর n. a question and its answer; a catechism. প্রশ্নত্তরী n. a catechism. 29)

(p. 652) pīṭha a low wooden seat on which one may sit in a squatting position; an altar; a seat or a resort (esp. of a deity); a holy place; (myth.) any of the fifty-one holy places where fell the pieces cut off from the body of Sati (সতী), the wife of Shiva (শিব); an institution or a place regarded with some sanctity (বিদ্যাপীঠ). 19)

(p. 650) pindhā (obs.) to put on, to wear. পিন্ধাওল v. to dress (one) in. 20)

(p. 682) prapitāmaha a great-grandfather (on one's father's side). fem. প্রপিতামহী a greatgrandmother (on one's father's side). 41)