(p. 601) pichā a kind of bangle or bracelet. 4)

(p. 680) pratnajībabidyā palaeontology. প্রত্নোদ্ভিদবিদ্যা n. palaeo-botany. প্রত্নপ্রাণীবিদ্যা n. palaeozoology. 14)

(p. 642) pābana (used chiefly as a sfx.) purifying or sanctifying (কুলপাবন); rescuing or saving (পতিতপাবন). n. purification or sanctification; fire. পাবনী a. fem. of পাবন । 35)

(p. 629) palāẏamāna fleeing, fugitive; absconding; escaping. fem. পলায়মান । 25)

(p. 633) pāṭha reading, perusal; study; recitation; lesson; a reading of text (পুঁথির মূল পাঠ); a text-book. পাঠ করা v. to read, to peruse; to study; to reci.e. পাঠ তৈরি করা v. to learn or prepare one's lesson. পাঠ দেওয়া v. to give one a lesson. পাঠ নেওয়া v. to take lessons (from a teacher). পাঠক n. a reader; one who studies; a student, a pupil; a reciter; one who reads out or recites from scriptures; a professional narrator of mythological stories; a teacher, a reader. ̃গৃহ n. a reading-room, a study; a library. পাঠন n. teaching. ̃ক্রম n. a syllabus. ̃নিবিষ্ট, ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed in reading or study. ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির n. a reading-room, a study; a library; a school. ̃ভেদ same as পাঠান্তর । ̃রত a. engaged in reading or studying. ̃শালা n. a primary school. পাঠানুরাগ n. fondness for reading; devotion to study. পাঠানুরাগী a. fond of reading; devoted to study. পাঠান্তর n. another text or a different text or reading or version. পাঠাভ্যাস করা v. to learn one's lessons.

(p. 642) pābaka fire. a. purifying; sanctifying. 33)

(p. 633) pāki measured by the standard weight in which one seer (সের) is equal to 8 tolas (তোলা), standard (পাকি ওজন). 33)

(p. 615) paramānanda deepest delight; ecstatic joy, ecstasy; heavenly bliss, beatitude. পরমানন্দিত a. extremely or greatly delighted; ecstatically joyful. 59)

(p. 669) pyāsēñjāra a passenger. a. meant for carrying passengers. 23)

(p. 642) pāmpa a pump. পাম্প করা v. to pump. 37)

(p. 649) piṇḍa a lump; a conglomerated mass; (loos.) anything ball-shaped, a ball; food offering to the manes of forefathers; a lump of food; the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or the five elements). ̃খর্জুর, (coll.) পিণ্ডে খেজুর n. dates preserved in lumps, lump-dates. ̃দ, ̃দাতা a. scripturally authorized to give food-offering to the manes; giving food-offering to the manes; providing with food. n. such a man. fem. পিণ্ডদা, পিণ্ডদাত্রী । ̃দান n. the sacrament of food-offering to the manes. পিণ্ডদান করা v. to offer food to the manes. ̃লোপ n. extinction or absence of persons or descendants authorized to offer food to one's manes; extinction of one's line of descent. ̃শরীর n. the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or five elements). 15)

(p. 619) paricita acquainted; familiar; known; practised (পরিচিত কর্ম). পরিচিতি same as পরিচয় । পরিচিত ব্যক্তি an acquaintance. 66)

(p. 696) pliḍāra a pleader. িডারি n. the profession of a pleader. িডারি করা v. to practise as a pleader. 75)

(p. 606) padōnnati advancement in rank or office, promotion. 56)

(p. 654) puṣkariṇī a pond, a tank, a pool. 76)