(p. 601) pacya worth cooking; digestible. 49)

(p. 638) pātra a pot, a vessel, a utensil, a container; a minister, a counsellor; a deserving man or an object (প্রশংসার পাত্র); a man, a fellow (ভবি ভোলার পাত্র নয়); a male character in a play; bridegroom; a prospective bridegroom. পাত্র দেখা v. to interview a prospective bridegroom for selection; to choose a bridegroom. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's people or party. ̃মিত্র n. pl. (a monarch's) courtiers and friends. ̃স্হ a. lying on or contained in a pot or vessel; (of a girl) wedded, married. পাত্রস্হ করা v. to give (a girl) in marriage, to marry, to wed. পাত্রাপাত্র n. deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রাপাত্রবিচার n. discrimination between deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রী n. fem. a deserving woman or a female object; a female character in a play; a bride; a prospective bride. পাত্রী দেখা v. to interview a prospective bride for selection; to choose a bride. পাত্রীপক্ষ n. the bride's people or party. যোগ্যপাত্র n. a deserving person; a worthy groom. যোগ্যপাত্রী n. a worthy bride. সত্পাত্র n. same as যোগ্যপাত্র । 55)

(p. 625) parimēla an association. ̃নিয়মাবলি n. articles of association. ̃বন্ধ n. a memorandum of association. 12)

(p. 696) prēkṣaka a spectator; an onlooker; one of the audience. 29)

(p. 681) pratyābartana coming or going back, return. প্রত্যাবর্তন করা v. to come or go back, to return. 20)

(p. 654) puttala a jack-straw, an effigy; a puppet, a doll, a marionette. 18)

(p. 666) pōkta strong, firm; durable; lasting; experienced, accustomed; seasoned. 17)

(p. 684) prabhā glow, radiance; a ray; lustre, brilliance, splendour, brightness. ̃কর n. the sun. ̃কীট n. the glow-worm. ̃বান a. radiant, glowing, shining; luminous. fem. ̃বতী । ̃ময় a. radiant, lustrous, luminous, refulgent. 34)

(p. 628) paryābaraṇa environment; surroundings; the environs. 21)

(p. 682) prapūrita completely filled up. 43)

(p. 605) paṭṭi2 a fib. পট্টি দেওয়া, পট্টি মারা v. to fib, to spoof. ̃বাজ n. a fibster. 22)

(p. 667) paura living in a particular city or house; relating to a city, urban, municipal; relating to house, indoor; civic. পৌর-অধিকার n. civic rights. ̃কর n. municipal tax. পৌর চিকিত্সক civil surgeon. ̃জন n. citizens; inmates (of a house). ̃নিগম n. municipal corporation. ̃পদ n. citizenship. ̃পিতা n. a chairman or a mayor (fem. a mayoress). ̃প্রতিষ্ঠান n. same as পৌরসংঘ । ̃বর্গ same as পৌরজন । ̃বিজ্ঞান n. civics. ̃মুখ্য n. an alderman (of a municipal corporation). ̃সংঘ n. a municipality. ̃সংঘ-করণিক n. a municipal clerk. ̃সংঘ-বিচারক n. a municipal magistrate. ̃সভা n. a municipal corporation. ̃স্ত্রী same as পুরনারী (see পুর2). 41)

(p. 628) parba a holy day; a fiesta; a feast, a festival; a knuckle, a joint (as of a finger); (bot.) a node; (of books) a canto, a chapter. 3)

(p. 606) panḍita learned, erudite; au fait, versed; wise; experienced; expert, skilled. n. a teacher of Bengali and Sanskrit literature and language, a pundit. ̃চূড়ামণি n. (lit. and fig.) the most precious jewel amongst learned men; the most learned man. ̃প্রবর, ̃বর same as পন্ডিতশ্রেষ্ঠ । ̃মন্ডলী n. an assembly of learned people; the learned community, the intelligentsia. ̃মুর্খ a. versed in bookish learning but bereft of common sense, learned but unpractical; a wise fool, a wiseacre. n. such a man, a learned fool, a pedant. ̃মানী same as পন্ডিতম্নন্য । ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ a. most learned. n. the most learned man. পন্ডিতম্নন্য, পন্ডিতাভিমানী a. one who unduly assumes an air of (superior) learning or wisdom. পন্ডিতম্নন্য ব্যক্তি a wiseacre. পন্ডিতি n. the post or office of a teacher of Sanskrit and Bengali; (sarcas). wisdom or learning (পন্ডিতি ফলানো). a. of or like ancient pundits (পন্ডিতি চালচলন); abounding in Sanskrit words and strictly following rules of Sanskrit grammar পন্ডিতি ভাষা. 20)

(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)