(p. 649) piñjikā a skein or roll or wisp of carded cotton. 6)

(p. 675) pratipatra a counterfoil. 43)

(p. 652) pukura a pond, a tank, a pool. পুকুর কাটা v. to excavate a pond. পুকুর ঝালানো v. to dredge a tank. পুকুর প্রতিষ্ঠা করা v. to perform solemn rites before putting a newly excavated pond to use. ̃চুরি n. an unbelievably tremendous fraud. 45)

(p. 665) pēlā a gift or reward given to an artiste at a function; a prop. 28)

(p. 652) puṅkha the bottom part of an arrow. পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ a. thorough; thorough-going; minute; detailed; minutely searching or scrutinizing. পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ ভাবে adv. minutely, thoroughly, in every detail. 46)

(p. 619) paridēbana, paridēbanā lamentation; wailing; bewailing; repentance. 100)

(p. 619) paripōṣaṇa nourishment; cherishing; support; protection. পরিপোষণ করা v. to nourish; to cherish; to support; to protect. 120)

(p. 654) puṇyāha an auspicious day for performing solemn rites. 14)

(p. 625) parīkṣā a test; an examination; a trial; an ordeal (অগ্নিপরীক্ষা); a cross-examination; an investigation; an experiment; foretelling, divination, reading (হস্তরেখা পরীক্ষা) ; অদৃষ্টপরীক্ষা, ভাগ্যপরীক্ষা n. fortune-telling; act of seeking fortune. পরীক্ষা করা v. to test; to examine; to try; to test by an ordeal; to cross examine; to investigate; to experiment; to divine. পরীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to appear at an examination; to take an examination; to undergo a trial; to submit to an ordeal. পরীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to examine, to test; to hold an examination; to test by an examination. পরীক্ষায় উতরে যাওয়া v. to stand a test or scrutiny. ̃গার, ̃গৃহ, ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির, ̃শালা n. an examination-hall; a laboratory. ̃ধীন a. subject to or under examination or trial or test or investigation or experiment. ̃র্থী a. appearing at an examination. n. an examinee. fem. পরীক্ষার্থিনী । 56)

(p. 625) parkaṭi, parkaṭī a kind of fig-tree. 68)

(p. 606) paḍ়ō2 uncultivated, fallow (পড়ো জমি); unoccupied, vacant, deserted (পড়ো বাড়ি বা ভিটে); deprived of the power of movement, confined to bed (ঘর-পড়ো, পড়ো লোক). 16)

(p. 678) pratirōdha prevention; check, resistance; obstruction; opposition; an obstacle, a blockade; stoppage. প্রতিরোধ করা v. to prevent; to check, to resist; to obstruct; to oppose; to blockade; to stop. প্রতিরোধক, প্রতিরোধী a. preventive; resistant; resisting; obstructive; obstructing; opposing; blockading; stopping. ̃শক্তি n. the power of or capacity for resistance or opposition. প্রতিরোধিত a. obstructed, resisted; opposed; stopped; prevented. 21)

(p. 628) parpaṭi an Ayurvedic (আয়ুর্বেদীয়) drug made from a herbal plant. 2)

(p. 654) purāṇa a myth or mythology (esp. of Hindus). a. ancient; primordial (পুরাণ পুরুষ). ̃কর্তা, ̃কার n. an author of a mythology. ̃পুরুষ n. God. ̃প্রসিদ্ধি n. mention in the Puranas or mythology; long-standing fame. 41)

(p. 652) puṅgaba the ox; the bull; (as a sfx.) the best or greatest specimen (নরপুঙ্গব, নৃপপুঙ্গব). 47)