(p. 669) pyān̐ka denoting the cry of the duck, quack. প্যাঁকপ্যাঁক int. quack! quack! 8)

(p. 654) pūrṇōpamā (rhet.) a sustained simile. 106)

(p. 654) puraścaraṇa worship of a deity with a view to attaining some end. 33)

(p. 618) parākāṣṭhā highest excellence; extreme altitude or limit; acme, zenith; (often iron.) culmination. 24)

(p. 682) pratyēka each, every. pro. each, everyone. প্রত্যেক লোকের, প্রত্যেকের a. of each, of everybody. 7)

(p. 645) pālaṭā contrary, counteracting, revoking, opposing, counter; return; exchanging. পালটা অভিযোগ same as পালটা নালিশ । পালটা আক্রমণ a counter attack. পালটা আমন্ত্রণ a return invitation. পালটা জবাব a retort. পালটা নালিশ a countercharge, a counter complaint. পালটা মামলা a counter case. পালটা হুকুম a countermand. পালটানো v. to revoke; to change, to alter. ̃পালটি n. exchange; act of changing for or with another. পালটাপালটি করা v. to exchange, to change for or with another; to swap. 18)

(p. 619) parābhaba defeat. 19)

(p. 605) paṭhita that which has been read; perused; studied; recited.

(p. 619) parānna food given in charity by another, unearned or unpaid-for food. ̃জীবী a. living on food given by another; eating habitually at another's table; parasitic. n. a parasite. ̃পালিত, ̃পুষ্ট a. nourished by food given by another. ̃ভোজী a. habitually eating at another's table. 14)

(p. 654) puruṣa man; a man; a male creature; a manly man, a he-man (সে খাঁটি পুরুষ); (phil. & theol.) the soul (পুরুষ ও প্রকৃতি); God; a generation (অধস্তন পাঁচ পুরুষ); (gr.) person (উত্তম পুরুষ = the first person; মধ্যম পুরুষ = the second person; প্রথম পুরুষ = the third person). in comp. male, he (পুরুষ জন্তু). পরমপুরুষ n. a superman; God, the Absolute. পুরুষকার n. manliness, prowess; intelligence; manly effort. পুরুষজাতীয় a. male; masculine. ̃ত্ব n. masculinity; manhood; manliness, virility; vigour; masculine sexual power. পুরুষত্ববর্জিত. পুরুষত্ববিহীন, পুরুষত্বরহিত, পুরুষত্বশূন্য, পুরুষত্বহীন a. lacking in masculine sexual power, impotent; unmanly; effeminate; lacking in vigour; faint-hearted. পুরুষত্বহানি n. loss of masculine sexual power, impotency. ̃-পরম্পরা n. succession of generations, lineal succession, heredity. ̃পরম্পরাক্রমে adv. from generation to generation, hereditarily. ̃-পরম্পরাগত a. coming down from generation to generation; inherited; hereditary; traditional. ̃পুঙ্গব n. a high specimen of humanity; a great man; a big man. ̃প্রধান n. chief amongst men; (when attributed to God) Supreme. ̃ব্যাঘ্র n. a tiger of a man. ̃মানুষ n. a man; a male; a manly man. ̃শার্দুল same as পুরুষব্যাঘ্র । ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ same as ̃প্রধান । ̃সিংহ n. a lion amongst men. ̃সুলভ a. common to or befitting a man; masculine. পুরুষাঙ্গ n. the male sex-organ, the penis. পুরুষাধম n. the basest or vilest of men; a dirty fellow; a rascal; an extremely cowardly man. পুরুষানুক্রম same as পুরুষ-পরম্পরা । পুরুষানুক্রমিক same as পুরুষ-পরম্পরাগত । পুরুষার্থ n. religious or spiritual attainment, earning of wealth, realization of desires and attainment of salvation; these four manly pursuits of life; happiness, bliss, salvation, beatitude. পুরুষালি n. masculinity; manliness, virility; (of a woman or a girl) tomboyishness. a. masculine; manly, virile; (of a woman or girl) tomboyish. পুরুষোচিত a. proper for a man; becoming or befitting a man; manly. পুরুষোত্তম n. an excellent man; a superman; the Supreme Being, God, Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). 54)

(p. 652) pīṭha a low wooden seat on which one may sit in a squatting position; an altar; a seat or a resort (esp. of a deity); a holy place; (myth.) any of the fifty-one holy places where fell the pieces cut off from the body of Sati (সতী), the wife of Shiva (শিব); an institution or a place regarded with some sanctity (বিদ্যাপীঠ). 19)

(p. 644) pārāni the fare for ferrying, ferriage. 21)

(p. 684) prabhaba cause; source; origin; influence; (phys.) generative cause. 33)

(p. 629) palāśa a kind of beautiful red flower having no fragrance; its tree, the dhak, the palas, Butea monosperma. 27)

(p. 675) pratidatta given in return or exchange; required; returned. 28)