(p. 606) paḍ়ā2 to read, to go through, to peruse; to study; to recite (মন্ত্র পড়া, হলফ পড়া). n. reading, perusal; study; recital, recitation; an instalment of lesson, lesson, exercise. a. that which has been read, perused; studied; recited. পড়া করা v. to learn or prepare one's lessons. প়ড়া ধরা, পড়া নেওয়া v. to test whether one can say one's lessons. পড়া দেওয়া, পড়া বলা v. to say one's lessons. (কারও) কাছে পড়া v. to read, to take lessons from. পড়ে শোনানো v. to read to. বিদ্যালয়ে পড়তে যাওয়া to go to school. ̃নো v. to teach; to cause to read or study or recite; to instruct, prepare by (repeated) instruction, to tutor, to rehearse, to prime (সাক্ষি পড়ান). পড়ার ঘর n. a study; a reading room. পড়ার নেশা n. a great liking for or attachment to reading; love of reading. ̃শোনা n. study; academic education, schooling. পড়াশোনা করা v. to study; to have one's schooling; to learn one's lessons. পড়াশোনায় মন থাকা to take care of one's lessons or studies, to be mindful of one's lessons or studies. 12)

(p. 619) paridhēẏa fit to be put on or worn. n. clothes, garment. 103)

(p. 681) pratyādiṣṭa divinely commanded or inspired; voided, repealed. 16)

(p. 671) prakṣēpa, prakṣēpaṇa flinging or casting, a throw; act or an instance of placing inside or within; an interpolation. প্রক্ষেপক a. flinging, casting, throwing, placing inside or within; interpolating. n. a thrower; one who places inside or within; an interpolator. প্রক্ষেপ করা v. to hurl, to throw; to interpolate. 23)

(p. 654) purā1 before, formerly, in the past, in ancient times. 37)

(p. 601) pañcālikā, pañcālī a doll, a puppet. 57)

(p. 672) pragatibādī theory of progress. প্রগতিবাদী a. progressive. n. advocate or champion or supporter or votary of progress. প্রগতিশীল a. progressive; modern. প্রগতিশীলতা n. progressive outlook, progressiveness; modernity. 4)

(p. 652) pīṭha a low wooden seat on which one may sit in a squatting position; an altar; a seat or a resort (esp. of a deity); a holy place; (myth.) any of the fifty-one holy places where fell the pieces cut off from the body of Sati (সতী), the wife of Shiva (শিব); an institution or a place regarded with some sanctity (বিদ্যাপীঠ). 19)

(p. 629) paśu a quadruped animal, a beast, a brute; a beastly or brutal man; an attendant of Shiva (শিব). গবাদি পশু cattle. গৃহপালিত পশু a domestic animal; (pl.) livestock. বলির পশু a sacrificial beast. ভারবাহী পশু a beast of burden, a draught animal, a pack animal. শিকারি পশু a beast of prey. শিকারের পশু a game. ̃চর্ম n. animal skin; hide; pelt. ̃চারণ n. act of grazing cattle, grazing. পশুচারণ করা v. to graze or feed cattle. ̃চারণ ক্ষেত্র n. a pasturage, a grazing-field. ̃চারণযোগ্য a. pasturable. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a veterinary surgeon. ̃ত্ব n. animality; beastliness; brutality. ̃ধর্ম n. bestiality; sexual intercourse or copulation. ̃ধর্মা a. bestial; brutal; addicted to excessive sexual intercourse or copulation. ̃পতি Shiva (শিব). ̃পাল a. herd or flock of animals or livestock. ̃পাল, ̃পালক n. a herdsman, a cowherd; a shepherd; a goatherd. ̃পালন n. act of rearing and tending and raising livestock, livestock farming. ̃পালনবিশারদ n. a livestock expert. ̃বত্ a. beast-like, beastly, bestial, brutal. ̃বত্ আচরণ bestiality, brutality. ̃রাজ n. the king of beasts; the lion. ̃লোম n. wool; fur. ̃শক্তি n. brute force. ̃শালা n. a zoological garden, a zoo; a cattleshed; a stable. ̃শিকার n. game-hunting, hunting. ̃শিকারি n. a game-hunter, a hunter (fem. a huntress). ̃সুলভ same as পশুবত্ । 42)

(p. 665) pēnēṭa the circular pedestal of the sacred phallic sign. 13)

(p. 606) padmāpurāṇa a legend in verse narrating the glory of Padma (পদ্ম) or Manasa (মনসা) the snake-goddess. 62)

(p. 650) piẏana a postman, a liveried messenger, a footman, a peon. 25)

(p. 692) prādēśika provincial (প্রাদেশিক স্বায়ত্বশাসন). প্রাদেশিকতা n. provincialism; parochialism; insularity. 47)

(p. 654) pēṭō1 made of jute; related to jute; trading jute (পেটো সাহেব).

(p. 629) paryēṣaṇa, paryēṣaṇā search, investigation; research. 4)