(p. 644) pārābata the pigeon; the dove. বার্তাবাহী পারাবত a carrier-pigeon. 23)

(p. 654) puruṣṭu (coll.) well-developed, plum. 55)

(p. 619) paridarśī observing (esp. carefully); inspecting; supervising. 97)

(p. 696) prāẏōpabiṣṭa seated fasting till death; (loos.) on hunger strike. 5)

(p. 642) pāni (usu. among Mus. of Bengal) water. ̃পাঁড়ে n. an up-country Brahman selling or supplying drinking water (esp. to railway passengers.) ̃ফল, (dial.) পানফল n. an aquatic fruit, cress(es), (cp.) water-chestnut. ̃বসন্ত, (pop.) পানবসন্ত n. chickenpox. 18)

(p. 652) piśita flesh; raw meat. 5)

(p. 696) prēta an evil spirit, a goblin, a ghoul; a ghost; the spirit or ghost of a dead person. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য, ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. funeral rites; obsequial rites. ̃তত্ত্ব n. spiritism, spiritualism. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a spiritist, a spiritualist. ̃তর্পণ n. offering of water to the spirit of a deceased person. ̃দেহ n. a ghost (of a dead person), an apparition. ̃নদী n. (myth.) the river Baitarini (বৈতরণী) which the soul of the dead has to cross, (cp.) the Styx. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark lunar fortnight ending with the Mahalaya (মহালয়া). ̃পিন্ড n. lump of food offered to the spirit of a deceased person. ̃ভূমি n. a burial ground, a cremation ground. ̃পুরী n. the abode of the dead, the spirit-world, (cp.) Hades. ̃মূর্তি n. a ghost, an apparition. ̃যোনি n. an evil spirit, a goblin, a ghoul. ̃লোক same as েতপুরী । প্রতাত্মা n. the soul or spirit of a dead person, a ghost, a spirit. েতাশৌচ n. impurity of one's body caused by carrying a dead person. েতিনী n. fem. a female evil spirit, a female goblin or ghoul. 34)

(p. 619) paribhūta defeated, discomfited. 159)

(p. 678) pratirakṣā defence. প্রতিরক্ষা-মন্ত্রক n. the ministry of defence. 18)

(p. 638) pātā3 to spread, to lay out (বিছানা পাতা); to place ready for use (পাত পাতা); to lay (ফাঁদ পাতা); to install (পূজার ঘট পাতা); to set up, to establish (সংসার পাতা, দোকান পাতা); to set, to employ (আড়ি পাতা, কান পাতা); to stretch out to catch or hold (হাত পাতা); to bend down submissively (পিঠ পাতা); to curdle, to congeal, to freeze (দই পাতা). 40)

(p. 644) pārada quicksilver, mercury. ̃মিশ্র n. an amalgam. ̃সুত্র n. (chem.) a column of mercury. 4)

(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. 615) paradēśa a foreign country, a foreign land. পরদেশি, (poet.) পরদেশিয়া a. inhabiting a foreign land; foreign. n. a foreigner. 19)

(p. 619) paribhṛti emolument; wages; salary, pay. 160)

(p. 642) pāpinī of পাপী । 26)