(p. 601) pakṣābalambana act of siding with or following or standing for or supporting or defending a particular (contending) party or person; partisanship; act of playing for a particular team. পক্ষাবলম্বন করা v. to side with; to follow, to adhere to; to stand for, to support, to defend; to play for. পক্ষাবলম্বী a. siding with; following, adhering to; standing for, supporting, defending; playing for a particular team. n. a party-man; a partisan; a follower, an adherent; a supporter, a defender; a player of a particular team. fem. পক্ষাবলম্বিনী । 22)

(p. 675) pratidbandba, pratidbandbitā mutual hostility or strife; rivalry; competition. প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা করা v. to fight or contend with; to rival; to vie or compete with. প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতামূলক a. competitive. প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী a. contending; rivalling; competing; hostile. n. a contender; a rival; a competitor; an adversary. fem. প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিনী । 33)

(p. 675) pratipakṣa the hostile party; the opposite party, the opposition; the opponent; an enemy; a rival; (in law) a defendant. প্রতিপক্ষীয় a. of the opposite side or party or camp, of the contending side or camp. 41)

(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. 761) biparīta opposite; contrary; contradictory; opposing, contending; counteracting; unfavourable, adverse (বিপরীত ভাগ্য); (loos.) hideous, monstrous (বিপরীত মূর্তি); unusual, odd, strange (বিপরীত কর্ম); (phys.) inverted; (phys. & math.) reciprocal; (geom.) converse. বিপরীত করণী (alg.) conjugate surd. বিপরীত ক্রিয়া (alg.) an invertendo. বিপরীত প্রতিজ্ঞা (geom.) a converse proposition. বিপরীত প্রতিবিম্ব (phys.) an inverted image. বিপরীত শব্দ opposite word, antonym. বিপরীত শ্রেণি (alg.) a harmonic series. ̃কারী a. hostile, inimical; counteracting; disobeying. ̃ভাবে adv. in reverse order; in the opposite manner. 59)

(p. 761) bibadamāna engaged in a quarrel, contending. 82)

(p. 765) bibāda a quarrel, a brawl; altercation; a dispute; a conflict; strife, hostility; a fight; an action at law, litigation; a breach of friendly relation. বিবাদ করা v. to quarrel, to brawl; to altercate; to dispute; to fight; to fight at law; to sever friendly relation. ̃প্রিয় a. quarrelsome; factious; litigious. ̃বিসংবাদ n. quarrels or brawls; disputes. ̃সূচি n. cause list. বিবাদী a. concerning a quarrel or dispute; under dispute (বিবাদী সম্পত্তি); contending; contesting; litigant; opposing, hostile. n. a contestant; a litigant; an opponent; the opposite party; the defendant (as opposed to the plaintiff); a note opposing the principal note of a musical mode. fem. বিবাদিনী (not in the musical sense). 12)

(p. 767) birōdha enmity, hostility; a quarrel, a dispute, a contention, a difference; a war; strife; disagreement; disharmony; mutual opposition or contradiction; antipathy; incongruity, dissimilarity. বিরোধ করা v. to quarrel; to oppose. ̃মূলক a. opposing; antagonistic. বিরোধাভাস n. (rhet.) a figure of speech in which things apparently contradictory exist side by side (cp. oxymoron, epigram). বিরোধিতা n. hostility, enmity; rivalry; opposition; antagonism; disagreement; antipathy. বিরোধী a. hostile, inimical; contending; rival; opposing; opponent; antagonistic; disagreeing; adverse. বিরোধী পক্ষ an opposite or hostile or rival party; an opponent; (in legislature) the opposition. 70)