(p. 601) pacya worth cooking; digestible. 49)

(p. 675) pratibāda a counter-plea, a counter-argument; a protest; a counter. প্রতিবাদ করা v. to put forth a counter-plea or counter-argument; to protest. ̃সভা n. a protest meeting. প্রতিবাদী a. pleading against; pleading in reply; protesting; opposing, contending (against). n. (in law) a defendant, a respondent. fem. প্রতিবাদিনী । 71)

(p. 605) paṭṭu a kind of coarse linen. 24)

(p. 619) parigṛhīta solemnly taken, accepted; put on; won; assumed. 52)

(p. 671) prakkaṇa sound of a lute or a vina (বীণা). 16)

(p. 688) prasanna satisfied, pleased; delighted, glad, happy; gracious, propitious, favourable; clear, limpid, transparent (প্রসন্নসলিলা); calm and happy, complacent, bright (প্রসন্ন বদন). fem. প্রসন্না । ̃তা n. satisfied or pleased state; complacence, complacency; delightedness, gladness, happiness; graciousness, propitiousness, favourableness; clarity, limpidity, transparence; brightness. প্রসন্ন হওয়া v. to be pleased, to smile upon. 34)

(p. 654) pēn̐ci of প্যাঁচা । 124)

(p. 619) paridarśana, paridarśa (careful) observation; inspection; supervision. পরিদর্শন করা v. to observe (esp. carefully); to inspect; to supervise. 96)

(p. 667) pōrṭamyānaṭō a portmanteau. 13)

(p. 649) piṇḍa a lump; a conglomerated mass; (loos.) anything ball-shaped, a ball; food offering to the manes of forefathers; a lump of food; the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or the five elements). ̃খর্জুর, (coll.) পিণ্ডে খেজুর n. dates preserved in lumps, lump-dates. ̃দ, ̃দাতা a. scripturally authorized to give food-offering to the manes; giving food-offering to the manes; providing with food. n. such a man. fem. পিণ্ডদা, পিণ্ডদাত্রী । ̃দান n. the sacrament of food-offering to the manes. পিণ্ডদান করা v. to offer food to the manes. ̃লোপ n. extinction or absence of persons or descendants authorized to offer food to one's manes; extinction of one's line of descent. ̃শরীর n. the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or five elements). 15)

(p. 614) parakha test; trial; experiment; examination. পরখ করা, (poet.) পরখা v. to test; to try; to experiment; to examine.

(p. 669) prakāṇḍa huge, colossal, enormous, monstrous, gigantic, stupendous. n. a trunk of a tree. ̃কায় a. enormous in size, of great bulk, gigantic, monstrous, huge. 30)

(p. 652) pīḍ়na oppression, persecution, torment; forcing; insistence, pressure; chastisement; acceptance esp. in marriage (পাণিপীড়ন). পীড়ন করাv. to press, to persecute, to torment; to force; to insist, to chastise; to accept esp. in marriage. 21)

(p. 638) pātā2 a leaf (of a tree or a book); a page (of a book); a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) used as a dinner-plate; a treeleaf used in writing as a substitute for paper; a pleat, a plait, a braid; a lid (চোখের পাতা); the flat surface (পায়ের পাতা). চোখের পাতা the eyelid. পায়ের পাতা the instep; the foot. পাতা করা v. to arrange for dinner by laying leaves of banana or sal (শাল); to lay the table. পাতা কাটা v. to plait or braid (hair). ̃-কাটা a. plaited, braided. পাতচাটা same as পাতচাটা (see পাত2). পাতা-পা a. flat-footed; web-footed. পাতা পাতা v. same as পাতা করা and পাত পাড়া (see পাত2). পাতা কুড়ানি, (coll.) পাতা-কুড়ুনি a. fem. earning one's livelihood by collecting dried leaves of trees; extremely indigent. n. fem. such a woman. 39)

(p. 696) prōtsāha great zeal or effort, ardour; great incitement or encouragement; a great incentive or stimulus. োত্সাহিত a. greatly incited or encouraged. fem. োত্সাহিতা । 54)