(p. 647) pāścātya, pāścāttya of the west or the western world, western, occidental; hinder; following. n. the western world (that is Europe, America and Australia); the West, the Occident. 16)

(p. 647) pichilā (poet. & obs.) postern ('পিছিলা ঘাটে সে নায়').

(p. 669) prakarṣa excellence; superiority; amelioration, development. 28)

(p. 696) prārthanīẏa, prārthaẏitabya worth praying or asking or applying for. 9)

(p. 601) pacāla (dial.) useless garrulous or idle talk or scandal. পচাল পাড়া v. to indulge in useless garrulous talk or scandal, to be talkative, to have a long tongue. 48)

(p. 638) pātaluna pantaloons; trousers; pyjamas. 36)

(p. 633) pākhōẏāja a musical instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. পাখোয়াজি n. one who can play on this instrument. 45)

(p. 645) pāla a species of spinach used as a pot-herb. 13)

(p. 665) pēlā a gift or reward given to an artiste at a function; a prop. 28)

(p. 675) pratikriẏā a reaction; a response; an anti-progressive act or conduct; a swingback; counteraction. ̃শীল a. (pol.) anti-progressive, reactionary; (rare) responsive, reactive. ̃শীলতা n. the quality or state of being reactionary; obscurantism; opposition to progressiveness. প্রতিক্রিয়াশীল হওয়া v. to react; to be reactionary. প্রতিক্রিয়াশীল ব্যক্তি a reactionary. 13)

(p. 601) pacā to rot, to putrefy, to decompose; (med.) to become septic; (fig.) to become too old or hackneyed. a. rotten, putrefied, decomposed; (med.) that which has become septic; (fig.) too old or hackneyed (পচা খবর). পচা ভাদ্র (ভাদ্দর) the humid and sweltering month of Bhadra. 45)

(p. 601) pakṣōdgama, pakṣōdbhēda fledging. পক্ষোদ্গম হওয়া, পক্ষোদ্ভেদ হওয়া v. to be fledged. 34)

(p. 696) plakṣa one of the seven mythological islands; the fig tree. 64)

(p. 619) paripōṣaka nourishing; cherishing; supporting (পরিপোষক মূল্য); protecting, protective. 119)

(p. 614) paẏōmuka the cloud. 16)