(p. 669) pyālā a prop; reward or help given to an artiste or somebody. 22)

(p. 601) pachanda choice; liking; selection; approbation. a. chosen; liked; selected; approved. পছন্দ করা v. to choose; to like; to select; to approve. ̃সই a. to one's liking; choice, select. 50)

(p. 633) pāṭaśāka leaves of the jute-plant used as a pot-herb. 83)

(p. 652) pum̐i bassella, the Indian spinach, a creeper used as a pot-herb. পুঁইয়ে, পুঁয়ে a. creeping; very slender (পুঁইয়ে সাপ). পুঁইয়ে পাওয়া, পুঁয়ে পাওয়া v. to be attacked with rickets. পুঁইয়ে-পাওয়া, পুঁয়ে-পাওয়া a. affected with rickets, rickety. 36)

(p. 692) prāktana previous; former; (rare) of a previous birth, earned or acquired or done in a previous birth. n. (rare) destiny, fate; consequence of an act done in a previous birth (এ দুঃখ তার প্রাক্তন). 11)

(p. 601) pañjara the ribs; the thor; the skeletal frame of the chest; a flank; a cage. পঞ্জরাস্হি n. a rib-bone, a rib. 61)

(p. 654) pūṣā the sun. 110)

(p. 681) pratyābṛtta come or gone back, returned. fem. প্রত্যাবৃত্তা । প্রত্যাবৃত্ত হওয়া v. to come or go back, to return. 22)

(p. 642) pāẏakhānā a latrine, a lavatory, a privy, a toilet, a water-closet. পায়খানা করা v. to ease oneself (of), to defecate, to evacuate. 38)

(p. 606) pati a husband; a master, an employer, a boss; an owner; an overlord, a ruler, a king; a chief; a leader. ̃গৃহ n. the husband's house, a woman's husband's house. পতিংবরা a. & n. fem. one who selects or chooses one's husband. ˜ঘাতিনী a. & n. fem. one who murders or kills one's husband; one who is the cause of one's husband's death. ̃ত্ব n. the state of being a husband; state of being a master or employer or boss; ownership; overlordship; rulership; kingship; office or post of a chief; leadership. পতিত্বে বরণ করা v. to accept or take as one's husband. ̃ত্যাগ n. act of deserting or divorcing one's husband. ̃দেবতা n. one's husband regarded as one's deity. ̃পরায়ণা a. fem. extremely devoted (and faithful) to one's husband. ̃-পত্নী n. husband and wife. ̃-পুত্র n. a husband and a son or sons. ̃পুত্রহীনা a. deprived of both husband and son. ̃প্রাণা a. fem. one who looks upon one's husband as one's life; one who can hardly live without one's husband, extremely devoted to one's husband. ̃বত্নী a. fem. having one's husband living. ̃বিয়োগ n. death of one's husband. ̃বিরহ n. separation (temporary or permanent) from one's husband. ̃বিরহিণী a. fem. separated (temporarily or permanently) from one's husband. ̃ব্রতা a. fem. one who has taken the vow of serving one's husband; extremely devoted to one's husband. ̃মতী a. fem. having a master or ruler. (পতিমতী পৃথ্বী). ̃সেবা n. serving one's husband. ̃হীনা a. widowed. পতিহীনা নারী a widow. 29)

(p. 618) paraspara reciprocal, mutual, one another, each other. adv. reciprocally, mutually, one another, each other. pro. one another; each other. ̃বিরোধ n. mutual opposition; contradiction, antagonism. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. mutually opposed or contradictory, antagonistic. ̃বিরোধিতা n. same as পরস্পরবিরোধ । 10)

(p. 638) pāṇḍaba, pāṇḍabēẏa a son of King Pandu of the Mahabharata. পঞ্চপাণ্ডব n. the five sons of King Pandu collectively; (fig.) a set of five persons, a quintette. পাণ্ডববর্জিত a. (of lands and countries) not habitable or worth visiting because avoided even by the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) during their sojourn; (pop.) uninhabited. পাণ্ডবসখা n. a friend of the Pandavas; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 20)

(p. 654) puri a kind of small and thin saucershaped brown bread fried in clarified butter. 49)

(p. 692) prācya eastern, oriental. n. same as প্রাচী । ̃দেশ n. an oriental or eastern country. 25)

(p. 644) pāruṣya haughtiness, arrogance; harshness, rudeness; strong language. 36)