(p. 669) pyānṭāluna pantaloons, trousers; shorts. 19)

(p. 644) pārasi the language of Persia, Persian; a Parsee, a Parasi; a Persian. a. Persian; of the Parsees (পারসি শাড়ি). পারসিক a. Persian, Iranian. n. a Persian, an Iranian. 15)

(p. 684) prabandha an essay, an article; a dissertation; a treatise; sequence; a trick, a stratagem ('যতেক প্রবন্ধ করে নিশাচরগণে'). ̃কার n. an essayist. 7)

(p. 687) prayōjya applicable. ̃তা n. applicability. 14)

(p. 601) piṭhā a step or a flight of stairs. 5)

(p. 688) prastāba context; a proposal; a subject for or under discussion, a topic; a discourse; a motion; (of a book) a chapter, a section. প্রস্তাব করা v. to propose; to put up a proposal; to move a motion; to name (as a candidate for election). প্রস্তাব তোলা v. to raise a topic; to move a proposal or motion; to propose. প্রস্তাবক n. a proposer; a mover (of a motion). প্রস্তাবনা n. a proposal; commencement; (of a drama etc.) a prologue. প্রস্তাবিত n. proposed; raised or moved (as a topic); under discussion. 53)

(p. 619) paripōṣaṇa nourishment; cherishing; support; protection. পরিপোষণ করা v. to nourish; to cherish; to support; to protect. 120)

(p. 667) paunē three quarters of, three-fourths (পৌনে এক দিন); a quarter to (পৌনে বারোটা). 40)

(p. 615) paraganā a former administrative division in India, a pargana. 2)

(p. 625) parimlāna very pale or jaded or worn out; glum or sombre. 13)

(p. 696) plyānacēṭa planchette.

(p. 618) parā4 to put on, to wear (জামা পরা); to put, to paint (টিপ পরা, কাজল পরা); to tie ঘড়ি পরা. a. wearing, dressed in; bearing, painted with; having tied or fastened (to). 22)

(p. 619) parikalpita planned, devised, contrived, designed; intended. 39)

(p. 645) pālaka2 one who brings up or rears or nurses or fosters or protects or preserves or defends or breeds or keeps or observes or maintains. n. an upbringer, a rearer; a fosterer or nurse; a protector, a preserver, a guardian, a defender; a breeder; a fancier, a keeper; an observer, a complier, a fulfiller; a maintainer. ̃পিতা n. a fosterfather (fem: a foster-mother). 15)

(p. 642) pāẏacāri act of walking about (esp. at ease), perambulation; a stroll. পায়চারি করা v. to walk about (at ease), to perambulate, to stroll, to pace up and down, to amble. 39)