(p. 654) puraścaraṇa worship of a deity with a view to attaining some end. 33)

(p. 625) parisphuraṇa vibration; effervescence; manifestation. 46)

(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. 681) pratyāharaṇa, pratyāhāra withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal; (phil.) abstraction. প্রত্যাহরণ করা, প্রত্যাহার করা v. to withdraw; to retract; to revoke, to rescind; to repeal. 28)

(p. 633) pām̐śa ashes; a worthless or nonsense thing, talk etc. (ছাইপাঁশ). পাঁশুটে a. ash-coloured; livid, pale. 20)

(p. 671) prakōpa virulence, severity (জ্বরের প্রকোপ); excess (পিত্তের প্রকোপ); violent outbreak (কলেরার প্রকোপ); great anger, rage; great excitement. ̃ন n. excitation, excitement; provocation; enragement. প্রকোপিত a. excited; provoked; enraged; (of a disease etc.) grown virulent, aggravated; (of an epidemic etc.) violently broken out. প্রকোপিত হওয়া v. to be excited or provoked or enraged; to grow virulent, to aggravate; to break out violently. 10)

(p. 628) parbāha a day of festival; a holy day; a fiesta; a festival. 7)

(p. 672) pragati progress, advancement; (arith.) a progression. 3)

(p. 633) pākuḍ় a species of fig-tree, Ficus infectoria. 35)

(p. 615) paraganā a former administrative division in India, a pargana. 2)

(p. 614) paẏamāla spoiled; annihilated, destroyed. 6)

(p. 681) pratyaha everyday; daily; day by day; per diem. 9)

(p. 654) pēṭuka gluttonous, voracious, fond of eating. পেটুক লোক n. a glutton, a gourmand, a belly-god. 136)

(p. 619) paribalana (bot.) circumnutation. 132)

(p. 667) paun̐chā to arrive at, to reach (বাড়ি পৌঁছাল, হাত পৌঁছেছে); to come within reach; to come to hand (চিঠি পৌঁছায়). ̃নো v. to arrive at, to reach; to come within reach; to come to hand; to escort; to convey or carry (to); to bring to hand. 36)