(p. 692) prājāpatya the usual Hindu form of marriage. a. relating to Prajapati (প্রজাপতি) the creator or protector of living beings. 27)

(p. 675) pratipādya to be ascertained or corroborated or confirmed or verified or proved or substantiated or accomplished or performed; ascertainable; confirmable; verifiable; provable; accomplishable, performable. 52)

(p. 652) pun̐ṭi a tiny fresh-water fish. পুঁটিমাছের প্রাণ (fig.) a short-lived or frail person; a weakling; a very narrow-minded person. পুঁটিমাছের ফরফরানি bragging of a man of little or no importance. 41)

(p. 650) piẏāla a kind of nut-tree; its nut or seed. 30)

(p. 606) paḍ়ā2 to read, to go through, to peruse; to study; to recite (মন্ত্র পড়া, হলফ পড়া). n. reading, perusal; study; recital, recitation; an instalment of lesson, lesson, exercise. a. that which has been read, perused; studied; recited. পড়া করা v. to learn or prepare one's lessons. প়ড়া ধরা, পড়া নেওয়া v. to test whether one can say one's lessons. পড়া দেওয়া, পড়া বলা v. to say one's lessons. (কারও) কাছে পড়া v. to read, to take lessons from. পড়ে শোনানো v. to read to. বিদ্যালয়ে পড়তে যাওয়া to go to school. ̃নো v. to teach; to cause to read or study or recite; to instruct, prepare by (repeated) instruction, to tutor, to rehearse, to prime (সাক্ষি পড়ান). পড়ার ঘর n. a study; a reading room. পড়ার নেশা n. a great liking for or attachment to reading; love of reading. ̃শোনা n. study; academic education, schooling. পড়াশোনা করা v. to study; to have one's schooling; to learn one's lessons. পড়াশোনায় মন থাকা to take care of one's lessons or studies, to be mindful of one's lessons or studies. 12)

(p. 675) pratibastūpamā (rhet.) a parallel simile. 68)

(p. 633) pāñjā the five playing-cards or dice; the palm of a hand; an impression of the palm; a letter or permit marked with the impression of the palm of a king or an official authority. পাঞ্জা কষা, পাঞ্জা লড়া v. to try the strength of each other's wrist by seizing it and trying to turn it down. 72)

(p. 654) puli1 Port Blair in the Andamans. 68)

(p. 642) pānē in the direction of, towards, to (মুখপানে). 20)

(p. 650) pirita, piriti, pirīta, pirīti love, amour; affection; attachment; secret or illicit love. 35)

(p. 667) paurōhitya the office or profession of a priest, priesthood; presidentship, presidency (সভার পৌরোহিত্য). পৌরোহিত্য করা v. to act as a priest; to preside over (a meeting); to lead (as a movement). 45)

(p. 647) pichānō to fall back; to recoil, to flinch; to back out; to retreat, to beat a retreat; to move (towards one's) back; to put off or be put off, to postpone or be postponed, to defer or be deferred. 45)

(p. 687) pramēha gonorrhoea. 7)

(p. 696) prārthita prayed for, asked for; applied for; desired. 10)

(p. 615) paracarcā discussion about others behind their back; slandering, backbiting, gossip, scandal-mongering. পরচর্চা করা v. to discuss others; to slander, to gossip about others. 6)