(p. 654) pūraṇa fulfilment (বাসনাপূরণ); filling (উদরপূরণ); repletion; completion (কালপূরণ); solution (সমস্যাপূরণ); compensation (ক্ষতিপূরণ); increase; (arith. & alg.) multiplication. পূরণ করা v. to fulfil; to fill, to complete; to solve; to compensate; to increase; (arith. & alg.) to multiply. ˜বাচক a. (arith.) ordinal. পূরণীয় a. to be fulfilled or filled or completed or solved. 98)

(p. 669) pauṣa Paus, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar from mid December to mid January. ̃পার্বণ n. the festival of preparing and offering sweet pies made of new rice on the last day of the month of Paus. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. the last day of the month of Paus. পৌষালি a. relating to or grown in or performed in the month of Paus. 6)

(p. 625) pariṣkaraṇa cleansing or refining. 36)

(p. 696) prāhasanika farcical; satirical; comic or comical. 17)

(p. 680) pratīcī the west; the western world, the western hemisphere, the Occident. 7)

(p. 667) pōẏāti pregnant (পোয়াতি বউ); recently delivered of a child (প্রসবের পরে পোয়াতি সুস্হ আছে). n. a pregnant woman; a woman recently delivered of a child. পোয়াতি হওয়া to conceive, to be in the family way. 11)

(p. 618) parahita the good of others; (loos. but pop.) public welfare; philanthropy, benevolence. ̃কামী a. wishing good to others, doing good to others; philanthropic, benevolent. ̃ব্রত n. devotion to the welfare of others, benevolence. ̃ব্রতী a. devoted to doing good to others; working for public welfare; altruistic. ̃সাধন n. act of doing good to others; social service; philanthropy, benevolence. 16)

(p. 654) puñja an accumulation, a collection, a heap, a pile, a mass, a multitude; a crowd. ̃মেঘ n. see under মেঘ । পুঞ্জিত, পুঞ্জীভূত a. accumulated, collected, piled up; amassed; crowded, thronged. পুঞ্জীকৃত a. that which has been accumulated or collected or piled up or amassed. 2)

(p. 644) pāraśē a species of small scaled fish. 14)

(p. 619) parāmarśa counsel; conference; consultation; advice. পরামর্শ করা v. to confer; to consult. পরামর্শ দেওয়া v. to counsel; to advise. পরামর্শ নেওয়া v. to consult; to take advice. ̃দাতা n. a counsellor; (in law) a counsel; a conferee; an adviser. ̃সভা n. a conference; a council. 21)

(p. 647) pichalānō to slip, to slide, to glide. 44)

(p. 681) pratyākhyāna rejection, refusal; discardment; disallowance, refusal of permission; refusal to entertain; (rare) neglect, slight. প্রত্যাখ্যান করা v. to refuse to accept, to reject, to refuse; to discard; to disallow, to refuse permission; to refuse to entertain, to disappoint; (rare) to neglect, to slight. 12)

(p. 692) prācīna old; ancient; antique; aged; outof-date; old-fashioned, antiquated. fem. প্রাচীনা । প্রাচীনতা, প্রাচীনত্ব n. oldness; ancientness; antiqueness; agedness; oldfashionedness, antiquatedness. 22)

(p. 638) pāta2 a leaf (as of a tree or book); a sheet or foil (of metal); a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) used as a dinnerplate. পাত করা v. to arrange for dinner by laying leaves of banana or sal; to lay the table; to flatten into a sheet (লোহা পিটিয়ে পাত করা). ̃কুড়ানি n. fem. one who eats others' leavings; one who stills hunger by eating others' leavings. পাত কাটা v. to eat off another's table like a beggar; (fig.) to importune cringingly for another's favour, to fawn on. পাত পাড়া v. (usu. dero.) to enjoy another's hospitality. ̃চাটা a. given to eating off another's table; (fig.) cringingly importuning for another's favour, currying favour (with). 26)

(p. 619) paribalana (bot.) circumnutation. 132)