(p. 615) parabrahma the Absolute Being, the Supreme Being, God. 47)

(p. 647) pika1 the cuckoo. 30)

(p. 606) pataṅga the grasshopper; an insect; the fly; the moth; the bird; an arrow; the sun. নাশক a. capable of killing insects, insecticidal. পতঙ্গনাশক পদার্থ insecticide. ̃পরাগণ n. (bot.) entomophily. ̃পরাগত a. (bot.) insect-pollinated. ̃পরাগী a. (bot.) entomophilous. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. entomology. ̃বিজ্ঞানী, ̃বিদ n. an entomologist. ̃বৃত্ত a. impelled by the insectile desire of killing oneself in the fire of one's pleasure. ̃বৃত্তি n. the insectile impulse of killing oneself in the fire of one's pleasure. ̃ভুক a. insectivorous. পতঙ্গভুক প্রাণী an insectivore. ̃ময় a. infested with insects. 23)

(p. 633) pāṭha reading, perusal; study; recitation; lesson; a reading of text (পুঁথির মূল পাঠ); a text-book. পাঠ করা v. to read, to peruse; to study; to reci.e. পাঠ তৈরি করা v. to learn or prepare one's lesson. পাঠ দেওয়া v. to give one a lesson. পাঠ নেওয়া v. to take lessons (from a teacher). পাঠক n. a reader; one who studies; a student, a pupil; a reciter; one who reads out or recites from scriptures; a professional narrator of mythological stories; a teacher, a reader. ̃গৃহ n. a reading-room, a study; a library. পাঠন n. teaching. ̃ক্রম n. a syllabus. ̃নিবিষ্ট, ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed in reading or study. ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির n. a reading-room, a study; a library; a school. ̃ভেদ same as পাঠান্তর । ̃রত a. engaged in reading or studying. ̃শালা n. a primary school. পাঠানুরাগ n. fondness for reading; devotion to study. পাঠানুরাগী a. fond of reading; devoted to study. পাঠান্তর n. another text or a different text or reading or version. পাঠাভ্যাস করা v. to learn one's lessons.

(p. 667) pōẏāla straw. 12)

(p. 629) palita grey-hairedness, grey-headedness; greyness; grey. a. grey; aged, old. ̃কেশ a. grey-haired; old, aged. 30)

(p. 619) parāhata defeated, vanquished, overcome; obstructed, resisted, prevented; frustrated. 31)

(p. 675) pratipādana ascertainment; corroboration, confirmation; verification; proving, substantiation; accomplishment, performance. প্রতিপাদন করা v. to ascertain; to corroborate, to confirm; to verify; to prove, to substantiate; to accomplish, to perform. প্রতিপাদনীয় same as প্রতিপাদ্য । 49)

(p. 638) pātanāmā beginning, inception; preface. 34)

(p. 684) prabañcaka a cheat, a swindler, an imposter, a deceiver; a beguiler. 3)

(p. 638) pātā3 to spread, to lay out (বিছানা পাতা); to place ready for use (পাত পাতা); to lay (ফাঁদ পাতা); to install (পূজার ঘট পাতা); to set up, to establish (সংসার পাতা, দোকান পাতা); to set, to employ (আড়ি পাতা, কান পাতা); to stretch out to catch or hold (হাত পাতা); to bend down submissively (পিঠ পাতা); to curdle, to congeal, to freeze (দই পাতা). 40)

(p. 688) prasāda grace, favour, propitiousness (ঈশ্বরপ্রসাদ); food-offering to a deity (this is taken by devotees after the sacrifice); remains of food taken by a superior or venerable person (গুরুর প্রসাদ); complacency; (of lit. composition) lucidity, clarity, perspicuity (also প্রসাদগুণ). প্রসাদ পাওয়া v. to enjoy the grace of; to partake of the food offered to a deity or of the remains of food taken by a superior person. প্রসাদ নেওয়া v. to partake of the food offered to a deity or of the remains of food taken by a superior person. প্রসাদন n. act of pleasing, propitiation. ̃প্রার্থী a. & n. one who asks for or seeks a favour; one desirous of partaking of the food offered to a deity or of the remains of food taken by a superior person. fem. ̃প্রার্থিনী । প্রসাদাত্ adv. through the grace or favour of. প্রসাদিত propitiated. প্রসাদী a. (of a food etc.) offered to a deity or partaken of by a superior person. 37)

(p. 688) praśāsana administration. প্রশাসনিক a. administrative. প্রশাসন-আধিকারিক n. administrative officer. প্রশাসনিক কৃত্য administrative function. প্রশাসন-কৃত্যক n. administrative service. 26)

(p. 669) pyālā a prop; reward or help given to an artiste or somebody. 22)

(p. 682) pradhbaṃsa annihilation, destruction. প্রধ্বংসী a. annihilating, destructive. 36)