(p. 638) pādari, pādri a Christian clergyman or ecclesiastical preacher, a padri. 64)

(p. 666) pōn̐cha an instance or act of mopping or swabbing (ঝাড়পোঁছ). 9)

(p. 606) paṇa a promise, a resolve (পণ রক্ষা); a wager, a stake, a bet (পাশাখেলার পণ); price (প্রাণপণ); a condition or term, a stipulation (ধনুকভাঙা পণ); compulsory dowry (esp, what is given to a bridegroom), marriage-money; a commodity; a measure of counting (= 2 গন্ডা). পণ করা v. to resolve. পণ দেওয়া v. to pay the dowry, to pay the bridegroom (or the bride) compulsory dowry or marriage-money. পণ ধরা, পণ রাখা v. to lay a wager, to bet, to stake. পণ নেওয়া v. to exact compulsory dowry or marriage-money. কন্যাপণ n. compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride. বরপণ compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bridegroom. ̃কর n. betting tax. ̃কিয়া n. a table of reckoning by pans (পণ). ̃প্রথা n. the system of exacting dowry or marriage-money; (coll.) dowry system. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under pledge of. 17)

(p. 665) pēẏāra2 caress, fondling; affection; love. পেয়ার করা v. to caress, to fondle; to treat with affection; to love. পেয়ারের দোস্ত বা বন্ধু a close or bosom friend, a chum. 18)

(p. 675) pratipādaka ascertaining; corroborating, confirming; verifying; proving, substantiating; performing. 48)

(p. 619) paribardhana development; improvement; magnification; enlargement; amplification. 130)

(p. 667) pōsṭa2 a pillar, a post (ল্যাম্প-পোস্ট). 27)

(p. 601) pacānō to cause to rot, to rot, to putrefy, to decompose etc.; to ret (jute etc.); (med.) to make septic. a. that which has been putrefied or decomposed. 47)

(p. 692) prākāra a wall; a bulwark; a rampart; a parapet. ̃বেষ্টিত a. surrounded by a wall. 7)

(p. 642) pānāsakta addicted to drinking wine, boozy. fem. পানাসক্তা । পানাসক্ত ব্যক্তি a drunkard. পানাসক্তি n. addiction to drinking. 17)

(p. 638) pātañjala of or compiled by Patanjali, the Philosopher of ancient India. ̃দর্শন n. the yoga (যোগ) system of philosophy. 30)

(p. 680) pratnajībabidyā palaeontology. প্রত্নোদ্ভিদবিদ্যা n. palaeo-botany. প্রত্নপ্রাণীবিদ্যা n. palaeozoology. 14)

(p. 669) pyānḍāla, pyānḍēla a canopy, a temporary shed erected for social or religious festivals. 20)

(p. 619) paribrājaka a traveller; a mendicant or wandering ascetic. 154)

(p. 619) parikēndra circumcentre. পরিকেন্দ্রিক, পরিকেন্দ্রী a. circumcentric. 42)