(p. 615) parantu moreover; on the other hand; but, still, notwithstanding. 31)

(p. 654) puruṣṭu (coll.) well-developed, plum. 55)

(p. 605) paṭamanḍapa a canopied pavilion. 6)

(p. 692) prāthamika relating to inception or beginning, initial; early, primitive; primary. প্রাথমিক পুস্তক a primer. প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় a primary school. প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা primary education. 43)

(p. 684) pramadā a charming woman; a woman. 46)

(p. 625) parihāsa a joke, a jest; ridicule; mockery, derision. পরিহাস করা v. to poke fun at, to joke; to ridicule; to mock, to deride, to laugh, to scorn. ̃চ্ছলে, ̃ভরে adv. jokingly. ̃প্রিয় a. given to jesting, jestful; witty; fond of joking. ̃প্রিয়তা n. jestfulness; jocular; jocoseness; jocosity; playfulness. 52)

(p. 692) prākkāla previous or former or preceding time; (pop.) immediately preceding time; eve. প্রাক্কালিক, প্রাক্কালীন a. former, previous. প্রাক্কালে adv. before; (pop.) on the eve of. 10)

(p. 666) paiśuna, paiśunya scandal-mongering, talebearing; malice, cruelty; villainy. 5)

(p. 675) pratikārya redressible; remediable; that which can be or is to be avenged or counteracted; preventible. 8)

(p. 638) pāṇḍu, pāṇḍura the pale yellow or whitish yellow colour, the mud colour; jaundice; chlorosis, green sickness. a. pale yellow, white yellow, mud-coloured; pale; jaundiced; chlorotic, etiolated. পাণ্ডু রোগ n. jaundice, chlorosis. 23)

(p. 652) pun̐cakē tiny. 37)

(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. 645) pālō starch obtained from zedoary etc.; gruel of this starch. 34)

(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) pōtā1 plinth (of a house). 26)