(p. 618) paraśramajībī living upon the labour of others; living by exploitation; parasitic. 7)

(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. 675) pratidhbani an echo, a reverberation. প্রতিধ্বনি করা v. to echo, to reverberate. প্রতিধ্বনিত a. echoed, reverberated, resounded. 34)

(p. 692) prākṛta natural, physical, unrefined, pertaining to the populace, (cp.) plebeian; traditional; commonplace, usual, general; base, mean; vulgar. n. the Prakrit language (usu. প্রাকৃতভাষা). 8)

(p. 678) pratiśaẏa, pratiśaẏana a persistent squatting at the temple of a deity for divine favour or boon. প্রতিশয়িত a. thus squatting. 26)

(p. 644) pārula a species of trumpet-flower or its plant. 35)

(p. 619) paricālaka one who or that which drives or runs a vehicle etc.; conducting; managing, directing; leading or guiding; administering, ruling. n. a driver; a conductor; a manager; a director; a leader; an administrator; a ruler; a chief. পরিচালক সমিতি n. managing committee. 62)

(p. 633) pākhi the bird; a blind (of a window); a spoke (of a wheel); a step or rung of a ladder. পাখি পড়ানো v. to teach or get up by rote, to cram. পাখির প্রাণ very feeble vitality. পাখির বাসা a nest; (fig.) a very disorderly place or thing (মাথাটা যেন পাখির বাসা). 44)

(p. 696) pribhi kāunsila the Privy Council (of Great Britain). 21)

(p. 633) pāṭaśāka leaves of the jute-plant used as a pot-herb. 83)

(p. 605) pāṭhaddaśā student life, studentship. 25)

(p. 638) pātaḍ়ā a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) on which food has been taken; a dish of fish or vegetables fried or singed on a banana-leaf. পাতড়া-চাটা same as পাতচাটা (see পাত2). 31)

(p. 606) paddhati a way, a path, a road; a method, a mode, a manner, a system, a rule; a custom, a practice; a row, a stretch, a series; a current; a line. পদ্ধতি অনুসারে methodically, systematically. 57)

(p. 629) palātaka fugitive, fleeing; absconding. n. a fugitive; an absconder. fem. পলাতকা । পলাতক হওয়া v. to abscond. 22)

(p. 673) prajñapti a communication; a notice. 10)