(p. 629) palakā brittle, fragile; frail; delicate; unsubstantial. 10)

(p. 619) paribēṣṭaka one who or that which surrounds or goes round or encircles or encloses. 149)

(p. 647) piupiu the note or cooing of the hawk-cuckoo. 26)

(p. 673) prajanma a (certain) generation. নতুন প্রজন্ম the new generation. পরবর্তী প্রজন্ম the next generation. 5)

(p. 642) pāntā old by more than one night; overnight; cooked overnight and kept steeped in water (পান্তা ভাত); stale (পান্তা খবর). n. rice cooked overnight and kept steeped in water. (পান্তা ভাতে ঘি (fig.) unnecessary or ludicrous spending of a good or costly thing. 21)

(p. 645) pāli1 the Pali language, Pali. 27)

(p. 678) pratisārī going in an opposite direction; refracting; going against. 39)

(p. 615) parabāsa1 another's residence or home or abode or homeland. 46)

(p. 669) pyānḍāla, pyānḍēla a canopy, a temporary shed erected for social or religious festivals. 20)

(p. 667) pautra a son's or nephew's son, a grandson. fem. পৌত্রী a son's or nephew's daughter, a grand-daughter. 38)

(p. 601) pakṣibidyā ornithology. 26)

(p. 673) prajbālana act of causing to burn strongly; inflaming; enkindling, ignition, lighting; (fig.) act of exciting or rousing. 14)

(p. 644) pāramiṭa a permit. 11)

(p. 680) pratīpa (geom.) vertically opposite; opposite or negative. n. (rhet.) a reversed simile. ̃কোণ n. (geom.) a vertically opposite angle. ̃গতি n. retrogression; (astr.) retrograde motion. প্রতীপ চাপ (phys.) negative pressure. প্রতীপ স্রোত (geog.) an anti-current. 10)

(p. 684) prabhaba cause; source; origin; influence; (phys.) generative cause. 33)