(p. 645) pālaka2 one who brings up or rears or nurses or fosters or protects or preserves or defends or breeds or keeps or observes or maintains. n. an upbringer, a rearer; a fosterer or nurse; a protector, a preserver, a guardian, a defender; a breeder; a fancier, a keeper; an observer, a complier, a fulfiller; a maintainer. ̃পিতা n. a fosterfather (fem: a foster-mother). 15)