(p. 638) pāṇḍitya erudition, learning, scholarship; wisdom; expertness, skill; (dero.) pedantry. ̃প্রকাশ n. ostentatious display of one's learning by oneself, parade of one's learning; (iron.) act of betraying one's ignorance or folly. পাণ্ডিত্যাভিমানী a. proud of one's learning. fem. পাণ্ডিত্যাভিমানিনী 22)

(p. 619) pariplūta flooded; submerged; inundated; drenched, soaked, saturated. fem. পরিপ্লূতা । পরিপ্লূত করা v. to flood; to submerge; to inundate; to drench; to saturate. 123)

(p. 619) pariṇāha width; contour. 80)

(p. 681) pratyālīḍh় the kneeling posture of an archer whilst shooting with his right leg doubled in the front and the left stretched out at the back. 24)

(p. 625) parōpakāra the good of others; philanthropy, benevolence; (loos. but pop.) public welfare. পরোপকার করা v. to do good to others, to do a good turn (to a person). ̃ক, পরোপকারী a. doing good to others; philanthropic, benevolent. fem. পরোপকারিণী । পরোপকারিতা n. act of doing good to others; philanthropy, benevolence. 65)

(p. 631) paścādbhāga the backside; the rear; the back. পশ্চাদ্ভাগে adv. in the rear. 4)

(p. 619) pariprēkṣita perspective. 121)

(p. 675) pratikriẏā a reaction; a response; an anti-progressive act or conduct; a swingback; counteraction. ̃শীল a. (pol.) anti-progressive, reactionary; (rare) responsive, reactive. ̃শীলতা n. the quality or state of being reactionary; obscurantism; opposition to progressiveness. প্রতিক্রিয়াশীল হওয়া v. to react; to be reactionary. প্রতিক্রিয়াশীল ব্যক্তি a reactionary. 13)

(p. 666) paiśāca ghoulish. n. a form of marriage by force or artfulness. পৈশাচিক a. ghoulish; (fig.) nefarious, extremely obnoxious. fem. পৈশাচিকী । পৈশাচিকতা n. ghoulishness; (fig.) nefariousness, extreme obnoxiousness, fiendlike conduct. পৈশাচী a. fem. of পৈশাচ । 4)

(p. 652) pun̐ṭali a small bundle or baggage. 40)

(p. 628) paryabēkṣaṇa watching; observation. পর্যবেক্ষণ করা v. to watch; to observe. পর্যবেক্ষণিকা n. an observatory; a watchtower. 15)

(p. 673) prajbalana act of burning strongly; flaming; enkindling, lighting; (fig.) excitation or rousing. 12)

(p. 618) paraśba (for.) day after tomorrow; day before yesterday. 6)

(p. 625) parōkṣa imperceptible or unseen but known or true, not known directly, circumstantial (পরোক্ষ প্রমাণ); indirect (পরোক্ষ উক্তি); roundabout (পরোক্ষভাবে). পরোক্ষ কর an indirect tax. পরোক্ষে, ̃ভাবে adv. behind one's back, in one's absence. পরোক্ষে নিন্দা করা to slander somebody in his absence, to backbite. 63)

(p. 606) patrikā a letter, a missive, an epistle; a newspaper; a periodical, a magazine (দৈনিক পত্রিকা, মাসিক পত্রিকা); a paper containing a writing, a horoscope (জন্মপত্রিকা); (rare) a deed, a document; a leaf of young shoot (নবপত্রিকা). 39)