(p. 647) pāśāpāśi lying or situated side by side; contiguous; adjacent; adjoining (পাশাপাশি বাড়ি); neighbouring (পাশাপাশি এলাকা). adv. side by side; abreast, cheeck by jowl, alongside. 12)

(p. 619) paripālaka one who brings up, a rearer; an administrator. 111)

(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. 619) parāhna afternoon. 32)

(p. 615) paradā a screen, a curtain; a veil, a zenana, purdah (পরদাপ্রথা); a thin skin or membrane, a film (চোখের পরদা); a covering; a layer, a strip, a flake (এক পরদা চামড়া; (of a musical instrument) a bridge or key; (of voice) a scale (সুরের পরদা). ̃নশিন a. (fem.) living behind the purdah, living in a zenana. ̃প্রথা n. the purdah-system. চোখের পরদা (fig.) sense of shame, sense of delicacy. 15)

(p. 601) pakṣāpakṣa the other fortnight; one's friends and foes or supporters and antagonists. ̃বিচার n. discrimination between one's friends and enemies. ̃বিচারহীন a. impartial (পক্ষাপক্ষবিচারহীন মন্তব্য); indiscriminate (পক্ষাপক্ষবিচারহীন হত্যা). 21)

(p. 633) pāṭisāpaṭā a kind of sweet patty or pie. 90)

(p. 614) paẏāra a metrical system of Bengali poetry in which each line consists of fourteen letters or syllables; a verse composed in this metre. 12)

(p. 633) pān̐dāḍ় a dump for sweepings, refuse etc. at the back of a house. 16)

(p. 638) pātā2 a leaf (of a tree or a book); a page (of a book); a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) used as a dinner-plate; a treeleaf used in writing as a substitute for paper; a pleat, a plait, a braid; a lid (চোখের পাতা); the flat surface (পায়ের পাতা). চোখের পাতা the eyelid. পায়ের পাতা the instep; the foot. পাতা করা v. to arrange for dinner by laying leaves of banana or sal (শাল); to lay the table. পাতা কাটা v. to plait or braid (hair). ̃-কাটা a. plaited, braided. পাতচাটা same as পাতচাটা (see পাত2). পাতা-পা a. flat-footed; web-footed. পাতা পাতা v. same as পাতা করা and পাত পাড়া (see পাত2). পাতা কুড়ানি, (coll.) পাতা-কুড়ুনি a. fem. earning one's livelihood by collecting dried leaves of trees; extremely indigent. n. fem. such a woman. 39)

(p. 642) pāpōśa a doormat. 31)

(p. 642) pāpiṣṭha extremely sinful or wicked. fem. পাপিষ্ঠা । 28)

(p. 696) prārabdha commenced, started; taken on hand, undertaken (প্রারব্ধ কর্ম). n. destiny, fate; the consequences of activities of a previous birth, which have begun to take effect ('ভোগদ্বারা প্রারব্ধের ক্ষয়') । 6)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā-kun̐duli given to constant and boisterous brawling with neighbours, quarrelsome, cantankerous, (cp.) termagant. n. fem. such a woman, (cp.) a termagant or fire-eater. 14)

(p. 678) pratimukha a direction towards one; front. a. (mech.) unlike; (bot.) opposite; facing. প্রতিমুখে prep. in the direction of. 12)