(p. 606) paṇa a promise, a resolve (পণ রক্ষা); a wager, a stake, a bet (পাশাখেলার পণ); price (প্রাণপণ); a condition or term, a stipulation (ধনুকভাঙা পণ); compulsory dowry (esp, what is given to a bridegroom), marriage-money; a commodity; a measure of counting (= 2 গন্ডা). পণ করা v. to resolve. পণ দেওয়া v. to pay the dowry, to pay the bridegroom (or the bride) compulsory dowry or marriage-money. পণ ধরা, পণ রাখা v. to lay a wager, to bet, to stake. পণ নেওয়া v. to exact compulsory dowry or marriage-money. কন্যাপণ n. compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride. বরপণ compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bridegroom. ̃কর n. betting tax. ̃কিয়া n. a table of reckoning by pans (পণ). ̃প্রথা n. the system of exacting dowry or marriage-money; (coll.) dowry system. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under pledge of. 17)
