(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. 665) pēśōẏāja a kind of baggy breeches worn by Muslim women or dancinggirls. 36)

(p. 672) pracāra introduction; currency; announcement, proclamation; circulation; propaganda, publicity; preaching; disclosure; publication. প্রচার করা v. to introduce; to give currency (to); to announce, to proclaim; to circulate; to propagate; to give publicity to, to publicize; to preach; to disclose; to publish; to make public. প্রচার হওয়া v. to be introduced; to gain currency; to be announced or proclaimed or circulated or propagated; to get publicity; to be preached or disclosed or published; to become public. প্রচারক a. introducing; giving currency (to); announcing; circulating; giving publicity to; preaching; disclosing; publishing. n. an introducer; one who gives currency (to); an announcer, a proclaimer; a circulator; a missionary; a propagandist, a publicist; a preacher; a discloser; a publisher. প্রচারণ n. same as প্রচার and— a communique. প্রচারণা same as প্রচার । প্রচার-অধিকর্তা n. director of publicity. ̃পত্র n. a pamphlet; a propaganda magazine. ̃মাধ্যম n. medium for publicity; mass media. ̃যন্ত্র n. same as প্রচারমাধ্যম । প্রচারিত a. introduced; that which has gained currency, current; announced, proclaimed; circulated; propagated; publicized; preached; disclosed; published. 12)

(p. 674) pratarka doubt; hesitation; assumption; supposition; consideration. 17)

(p. 645) pālōẏāna a wrestler; a gymnast; a burly man. a. burly; adept in gymnastics; heroic. পালোয়ানি n. burliness; heroism; gymnastics. a. of a wrestler or wrestling; of a gymnast; gymnastic. 35)

(p. 682) pradhābana act of running rapidly, a quick run; a quick race. 33)

(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. 654) puṭa1 the part of the body lying between the top extremity of the spine and the armpit; the length of this part. ̃হাতা n. the measurement of length from the top extremity of the spine to the wrist. 4)

(p. 674) praṇīta made; composed; compiled; created; drawn up; (of books etc) written. 11)

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

(p. 606) panasa the jack-fruit; the jack-tree. 69)

(p. 628) paryaṅka a costly bedstead or cot; a couch, a divan; (geog.) a basin (of a river). 8)

(p. 688) prahṛta beaten, smitten; struck. 73)

(p. 619) parikalpanā, parikalpana planning, devising, designing a plan, a design. পরিকল্পনা করা v. to plan, to devise, to contrive, to design. পরিকল্পনাধিকারিক n. a planning officer. 38)

(p. 674) praṇālī a drain; an aqueduct; (geog.) a strait, a channel; a procedure, a mode, a method, a system. ̃বদ্ধ a. methodical, systematic. প্রণালীবদ্ধ করা v. to systematize. 6)