(p. 650) pilakhānā a stable for housing elephants. 39)

(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. 649) piṭapiṭa expressing: twitching as of the eye, flickering as of a lamp, peevishness, fastidiousness or mania for cleanliness. পিটপিট করা, পিটপিটানো v. (of the eye etc.) to twitch, to bat (an eyelid); (of a lamp etc.) to flicker; to behave peevishly or fastidiously; to show a mania for cleanliness. পিটপিটানি twitching as of the eye; flickering as of a lamp; peevishness; fastidiousness; a mania for cleanliness. পিটপিটে a. peevish; fastidious; over-scrupulous; stickler; stricken with a mania for cleanliness. 8)

(p. 615) parapara one after another; successively; consecutively; gradually; side by side. 34)

(p. 682) pradṛpta very proud or haughty or arrogant or vulgarly self-assertive or vigorous. 27)

(p. 688) prasara act of going, movement; speed; expanse, extent, range, উষ্ণতার প্রসর (geog.) the range of temperature. প্রসরণ n. strolling; encompassment of enemy forces; expansion, extension; expanse, extent, range. 36)

(p. 669) pyān̐cānō to twist or wring spirally, to screw; to writhe; to make intricate deliberately; to complicate; to entangle; to involve (তাকে এ ব্যাপারে প্যাঁচাচ্ছ কেন); to employ a shrewd or tricky turn in one's speech. a. twisted or wrung spirally; spiral; intricate, complicated; entangled; tortuous, full of angularity (প্যাঁচানো মন); having shrewd or tricky turns (প্যাঁচানো কথাবার্তা). 11)

(p. 614) parakṣaṇa the next moment. 26)

(p. 692) prātibhāsika apparent but not real or actual, seemingly real. 39)

(p. 678) pratimā an icon, an image; an idol. ̃চূর্ণকারী a. iconoclastic. n. an iconoclast. ̃চূর্ণন iconoclasm. ̃নিরঞ্জন, ̃বিসর্জন n. the ceremonial immersion of an idol. ̃পূজক n. an idolater, an iconolater, an image-worshipper. a. idolatrous. ̃পূজা n. idolatry, iconolatry, image-worship. ̃পূজাবিরোধী a. opposed to image-worship; iconoclastic. ̃শিল্প n. the art of making images. ̃শিল্পি n. the artist who makes an image. 10)

(p. 680) pratyaṅga a subsidiary or minor limb, an appendage; (fig.) a small component or subsidiary part. 18)

(p. 619) parikarṣa remarkable improvement; (inc.) culture. 36)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā-gā a rural area; countryside; a village. 15)

(p. 671) prakṣālita washed. 20)

(p. 601) pañcāẏēta a village council (ori. consisting of five members), a panchayet. পঞ্চায়েতি n. work or arbitration of a panchayet; councilship of a panchayet. a. relating to a panchayet. 56)