(p. 625) pariṣēbā care of the sick, nursing. 34)

(p. 633) pāchaḍ়ā-pāchaḍ়i scuffle, mutual grappling. 60)

(p. 650) pipāsā thirst; (fig.) eager desire. পিপাসা পাওয়া v. to feel thirsty. পিপাসা মেটানো, পিপাসা দূর করা v. to quench or slake one's thirst; (fig.) to satisfy one's desire. পিপাসার্ত, পিপাসিত, পিপাসী, পিপাসু a. thirsty; (fig.) eagerly desirous (of.) fem. পিপাসার্তা, পিপাসিতা,, পিপাসিনী । 21)

(p. 645) pālita tamed or pet (পালিত পশুপক্ষী); brought up, reared; nursed or fostered; maintained, kept, bred; nourished; protected, preserved, defended; observed, complied (with); fulfilled. fem. পালিতা । ̃কন্যা n. fem. a foster-daughter. ̃পুত্র n. a foster-son. ̃সন্তান n. a foster-child. 30)

(p. 688) praśaṃsana act of praising, commendation, extolment, admiration. প্রশংসনীয় a. praiseworthy, commendable, laudable, admirable. 16)

(p. 688) praśasya praiseworthy, commendable, laudable. 22)

(p. 650) pitrālaẏa father's house (esp. of a married woman). 12)

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

(p. 601) paca putrefaction, rotting. পচ ধরা v. to begin to rot or putrefy or decay. 43)

(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. 696) prōṣita gone abroad. ̃পত্নীক, ̃ভার্য n. a man pining on account of separation from his wife who has gone abroad. ̃ভর্তৃকা n. a woman pining on account of separation from her husband who has gone abroad, (cp.) a grass widow. 59)

(p. 619) paritōṣa thorough satisfaction or gratification; deep pleasure. ̃পূর্বক adv. with a great or thorough satisfaction; to the point of satiety or to one's heart's content (পরিতোষপূর্বক ভোজন করা). ̃জনক a. thoroughly or highly satisfactory or gratifying. 88)

(p. 629) palli, pallī a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোপপল্লি); a hamlet; a village; a municipal division, a ward. ̃অঞ্চল n. a rural area; countryside. পল্লি উন্নয়ন n. village development, rural uplift. ̃গীতি n. folksong, village song. ̃গ্রাম n. a village. ̃জীবন n. rural life, countrylife. ̃নৃত্য n. a country-dance. ̃বধু n. a country-woman, a country-wife. ̃বালা, ̃বালিকা n. a country-girl; a countrymaid. ̃বাস n. a village home; a country residence; act of living in a country. ̃বাসী a. living in a country, rural; (dero.) rustic. n. a countryman (fem. a country-woman), a villager. (dero.) a rustic. fem. ̃বাসিনী । ̃বাসী ভদ্রলোক a country gentleman. ̃ভবন n. a village home; a country residence; a country-house, a country seat. ̃মঙ্গল সমিতি village welfare society. ̃সংগঠন n. rural organization, rural development. ̃সংস্কার n. rural reconstruction; village upliftment. ̃সমিতি n. a village society. 37)

(p. 688) prahṛṣṭa very much delighted, very glad or happy. চিত্ত a. very glad or happy at heart.

(p. 675) pratibimba a reflected image, a reflection, an image. প্রতিবিম্বন n. act of being reflected, reflection. প্রতিবিম্বিত a. reflected. 77)