(p. 629) palaṭana an armed force; a platoon. 11)

(p. 619) paribēdanā great pain or pang or affliction or distress. 146)

(p. 654) puṣā, pōṣā to bring up; to cherish (মনে আশা পুষছে); to nourish; to feed; to maintain, to support (পরিজনদের পোষা); to rear; to keep, to breed, to fancy (বাঁদর পোষা, পাখি পোষা). 74)

(p. 672) pragātā a singer of Vedic hymns; a reciter of Vedic prayers; a singer or announcer. 6)

(p. 625) parjanya thunder-cloud, nimbus; Indra (ইন্দ্র) the thunder-god. 69)

(p. 654) pṛṣṭha the back (of a human being or any other creature); the rear; the region of the back; the back part, the rear part; the hind part; surface, a face; (bot.) the dorsal surface. ঘূর্ণপৃষ্ঠ n. the surface of revolution. ̃টান n. (phys.) surface tension. ̃তল n. surface. ̃দেশ same as পৃষ্ঠ । ̃পোষাক n. one who stands at the back to give support; a supporter; an upholder; a patron; a customer; a client. ̃পোষকতা n. support; patronization. পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা করা v. to support; to uphold; to patronize. ̃পোষণ n. act of standing at the back to give support; act of supporting or upholding; patronization. ̃প্রদর্শন n. fleeing, flight. পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করা v. to flee, to take to one's heels, to run away. ̃প্রবাহ n. (geog.) a surface drift. ̃বংশ n. the backbone, the spinal or vertebral column, the spine. ̃ব্রণ n. a dorsal carbuncle. ̃ভঙ্গ n. act of fleeing (esp. after a defeat). ̃রক্ষক n. a bodyguard. পৃষ্ঠরক্ষা করা v. to protect or guard the rear; to act as a bodyguard to. ̃লেখ n. an endorsement. 120)

(p. 669) prakāra class, kind, sort, type, species, genus, variety (বহুপ্রকার খাদ্য); mode, method, way, manner, procedure, process, means (কী প্রকারে). কী কী প্রকারে, কোন প্রকারে by what means, in which way, how. কোনো না কোনো প্রকারে by some means or other, somehow; by hook or by crook. 32)

(p. 615) paraniṣēka cross-fertilization; cross-impregnation. 29)

(p. 644) pārasparika reciprocal; mutual (পারস্পরিক সম্পর্ক). 16)

(p. 619) paricchanna clean; tidy; neat, spruce; (of mind etc.) free from impurities or angularity; honest and candid. ̃তা n. cleanliness; tidiness; neatness; purity. honesty and candour. 70)

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

(p. 688) praśasti praise; a short laudatory hymn: a eulogium, a panegyric. 21)

(p. 688) prasaba act of bringing forth (a child or young), parturition, delivery; childbirth; production; creation; birth. প্রসব করা v. to bring forth; to give birth; (often facet.) to produce. প্রসব করানো v. to deliver of a child or young. ̃দ্বার n. the passage of childbirth; the valva. প্রসব হওয়া v. to be delivered of a child or young. ̃বেদনা n. lobour-pain, travail. প্রসব বেদনা ওঠা v. to be in travail, to be in labour. প্রসবিতা, প্রসবী a. giving birth to; producing n. a father, a progenitor; a producer. প্রসবিত্রী, প্রসবিনী a. fem. bringing forth; producing. n. fem. a mother, a progenitress; a (female) producer. 35)

(p. 631) pāṃśu ashes; dust; stain, stigma; vice, sin. a. livid, pale (পাংশুমুখ). ̃বর্ণ a. ash-coloured; livid. n. ash-colour. ̃ল a. dusty, dust-ridden; stained; vicious, sinful; libidinous. n. Shiva (শিব). ̃লা a. fem. of পাংশুল । n. the earth. 29)

(p. 654) pūraṇa fulfilment (বাসনাপূরণ); filling (উদরপূরণ); repletion; completion (কালপূরণ); solution (সমস্যাপূরণ); compensation (ক্ষতিপূরণ); increase; (arith. & alg.) multiplication. পূরণ করা v. to fulfil; to fill, to complete; to solve; to compensate; to increase; (arith. & alg.) to multiply. ˜বাচক a. (arith.) ordinal. পূরণীয় a. to be fulfilled or filled or completed or solved. 98)