(p. 667) pōṣaka cherishing; nourishing; aiding; upholding; supporting; countenancing or abetting. n. one who or that which cherishes or nourishes; an aider; an upholder; a supporter; a countenancer or abettor. ̃তা n. aiding; upholding, support, countenancing, abetment. পোষকতা করা v. to aid; to uphold, to support; to countenance, to abet. পোষক স্তর (bot. & zoo.) tapetum. 19)

(p. 633) pākāṭē wizened. 30)

(p. 675) pratikūla opposed; contrary; hostile, malignant; adverse; unfavourable. ̃তা n. opposition; contrariety; antagonism, hostility, malignancy; adverseness, disfavour. প্রতিকূলতা করা v. to oppose; to be hostile to; to antagonize. প্রতিকূলাচরণ n. opposition; antagonism, hostility. প্রতিকূলে prep. against. 9)

(p. 654) puḍi pudding. 8)

(p. 601) pakṣibidyā ornithology. 26)

(p. 601) pam̐ẏaṣaṭṭi sixty-five. 12)

(p. 619) paripāṭi orderly arrangement; orderliness; skill. a. arranged in an orderly manner; orderly; skilful, adroit. 109)

(p. 625) parisahanīẏa laughable, ridiculous; fit to be derided or mocked. 49)

(p. 681) pratyākhyāta rejected, refused; discarded; disallowed; unentertained; (rare) neglected, slighted. 11)

(p. 688) pralaẏa, pralaẏakānḍa universal dissolution or annihilation; a complete or very extensive destruction or holocaust; (fig.) a terrible disturbance or affray. প্রলয়কাল n. the time of universal dissolution or annihilation. প্রলয়ংকর a. causing universal dissolution; causing a complete or very extensive destruction; (fig.) terribly disturbing. প্রলয়নাচন, প্রলয়নৃত্য n. the cataclysmal dance of Lord Siva as described in the Puranas. প্রলয়পয়োধি n. the ocean of universal cataclysm or deluge. প্রলয়লীলা n. same as প্রলয়কান্ড । 7)

(p. 619) paricaryā serving, waiting or attending upon; nursing; worship. পরিচর্যা করা v. to serve, to wait or attend upon; to nurse; to worship. 58)

(p. 633) pāchu the back (পাছু থেকে). a. flinching, retreated. adv. (dial.) towards one's back, back (পাছু ফেরা); from behind (পাছু ডাকা); afterwards, later on (পাছু শুনব). prep. on the back of (আমার পাছু আসবে). পাছু লাগা. (dial.) v. to chase, to pursue; to tease; to watch one closely with mischievous intentions. পাছু হওয়া v. to flinch, to shrink back; to retreat. পাছু পাছু adv. & prep. on the back of, close behind. 65)

(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. 615) parapūrbā one who was married or betrothed to (and subsequently estranged from) another. 41)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā2 a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোয়ালপাড়া). পাড়া বেড়ানো. v. to stroll about idly in the neighbourhood, to go round the locality. 13)