(p. 682) pradhāna chief, main, principal; prime; most important; leading, foremost; preeminent; predominant. in comp. (used as a sfx.) dominated by or chiefly characterized by (শীতপ্রধান). n. a chief; a headman; a leader; a royal counsellor; God; the primordial female energy. fem. প্রধানা । প্রধান অক্ষ the principal axis. প্রধান অতিথি the chief guest. প্রধান আরক্ষিক the head constable. প্রধান কারণিক the head clerk. প্রধান কর্মসচিব the Chief Secretary. প্রধান চরিত্র the principal or chief or the focal character. প্রধানত adv. chiefly, mainly, principally, pre-eminently, predominantly. প্রধানতা n. primeness; supremacy; preeminence, predominance. প্রধান বিচারপতি the Chief Justice. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the Prime Minister. ̃মূল (bot.) the tap root. ̃শিক্ষক the headmaster. fem. ̃শিক্ষিকা the headmistress. প্রধান সেনাপতি the Commander-in-Chief. 32)

(p. 669) paulastya of the sons of Pulastya (পুলস্ত্য) the sage; Kuvera, Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Bibhisana. 4)

(p. 652) pīḍ়āgrasta ailing, sick, diseased. 23)

(p. 680) pratīcī the west; the western world, the western hemisphere, the Occident. 7)

(p. 644) pāramāṇaba, pāramāṇabika atomic. 9)

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

(p. 633) pāki measured by the standard weight in which one seer (সের) is equal to 8 tolas (তোলা), standard (পাকি ওজন). 33)

(p. 688) prasādhita dressed; toileted; embellished; decorated. 41)

(p. 652) pīta2 the yellow colour. a. yellow. ̃চন্দন n. yellow sandalwood or a paste made of it. ̃জ্বর n. yellow fever. ̃ধড়া n. a piece of loin-cloth dyed in yellow esp. one such as worn by Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃বাস, পীতাম্বর n. a yellow loincloth; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). a. wearing a yellow loin-cloth. 29)

(p. 644) pāraśē a species of small scaled fish. 14)

(p. 615) parabhōjī heterotrophic, parasitical. 50)

(p. 633) pāṭala brick-red, pale and pink-coloured. 81)

(p. 688) prasādhaka one who dresses or does another's toilet; one who embellishes or decorates, a decorator. 38)

(p. 619) parikliṣṭa extremely distressed or afflicted or wearied. 44)

(p. 618) parasaṅga2 association with others, fellowship, company. 9)