(p. 669) prakarṣa excellence; superiority; amelioration, development. 28)

(p. 692) prāṃśu tall; high, lofty (প্রাংশু বৃক্ষ); hefty (প্রাংশুদেহ); long (প্রাংশুভূজ). 4)

(p. 672) pracaẏa culling; collection; accumulation; a multitude; increase; multiplication. 10)

(p. 678) pratimukha a direction towards one; front. a. (mech.) unlike; (bot.) opposite; facing. প্রতিমুখে prep. in the direction of. 12)

(p. 674) pratāna (of creepers etc.) tension; a tendril. 18)

(p. 692) prācīna old; ancient; antique; aged; outof-date; old-fashioned, antiquated. fem. প্রাচীনা । প্রাচীনতা, প্রাচীনত্ব n. oldness; ancientness; antiqueness; agedness; oldfashionedness, antiquatedness. 22)

(p. 654) pēn̐kō full of slime or silt, like slime or silt, slimy, silty, miry. 123)

(p. 633) pān̐ti a row, a line (দাঁতের পাঁতি); a line quoted from scriptures as an authority, a scriptural prescription (পাঁতি দেওয়া); style, manner ('কথার দেখ পাঁতি'); a letter, a note ('রতন হারে বাঁধিয়া দিনু পাঁতি'); information about identity, descriptive particulars (জাতির পাঁতি). ̃পত্র n. a solemn marriage-contract drawn up in black and white. পাঁতিপত্র করা v. to draw up a solemn marriage-contract in black and white. 15)

(p. 642) pānaśauṇḍa given to drinking wine; boozy. পানশৌণ্ড ব্যক্তি a drunkard; a boozer. 8)

(p. 633) pān̐jā2 a bundle; a faggot; a pile, a heap. পাঁজা করা v. to bundle; to pile, to heap. 8)

(p. 684) prabuddha enlightened; awakened or activized (প্রবুদ্ধ ভারত); inspired with wisdom; very wise. 25)

(p. 665) pēẏāra1 (in card-playing) a marriage or a pair, one of a marriage or pair. 17)

(p. 654) puraścaraṇa worship of a deity with a view to attaining some end. 33)

(p. 666) pōn̐da (vul.) the anus; (vul.) the posteriors, the buttocks, the hips. 16)

(p. 696) prēṣya fit to be sent or transmitted or remitted. n. a servant, a foot-man; a messenger. fem. েষ্যা । 47)