(p. 645) pālana upbringing, rearing (সন্তানপালন); nursing or fostering (পরের সন্তান পালন); maintenance (পোষ্যপালন); keeping, breeding, tending (পশুপালন); nourishment (শরীরপালন); protection, preservation, defence (রাজ্যপালন, ধর্মপালন); observance, compliance (নিয়মপালন, আদেশপালন); fulfilment (প্রতিশ্রুতিপালন). পালন করা v. to bring up, to rear; to foster or nurse; to maintain; to keep, to breed, to tend, to fancy; to nourish; to protect, to preserve, to guard, to defend; to observe, to comply (with); to fulfil. ̃কর্তা n. same as পালক2 (n.). fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । পালনীয় a. to be brought up or reared or nursed or fostered or maintained or kept or bred or nourished or protected or preserved or defended or observed or complied (with) or fulfilled or carried out. 21)