(p. 692) prādhikāra authority. প্রাধিকারিক n. a special officer. 49)

(p. 629) palatā the creeper bearing পটোল (this is used as a bitter pot-herb). 13)

(p. 638) pātaśāha, pātaśā (Mus.) a king or an emperor, a padishah. পাতশাহি a. royal; imperial. 37)

(p. 618) paraśba (for.) day after tomorrow; day before yesterday. 6)

(p. 667) pōṣā pop. var. of পুষা । a. tame, domesticated; pet; obediently following. পোষা কুকুর an obedient dog; a servilely obedient follower. 21)

(p. 654) pṛthbī the earth, the world. 119)

(p. 688) praśikṣaṇa training. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. trained. 27)

(p. 601) pakṣābalambana act of siding with or following or standing for or supporting or defending a particular (contending) party or person; partisanship; act of playing for a particular team. পক্ষাবলম্বন করা v. to side with; to follow, to adhere to; to stand for, to support, to defend; to play for. পক্ষাবলম্বী a. siding with; following, adhering to; standing for, supporting, defending; playing for a particular team. n. a party-man; a partisan; a follower, an adherent; a supporter, a defender; a player of a particular team. fem. পক্ষাবলম্বিনী । 22)

(p. 675) pratibandha an obstacle, a hindrance; a frustration. a. hindered, obstructed; frustrated. প্রতিবন্ধক a. obstructing, hindering; opposing. n. an obstacle. প্রতিবন্ধকতা same as প্রতিবন্ধ (n.). প্রতিবন্ধী a. obstructed; obstructing; suffering from physical or mental disability, (inc. but pop.) handicapped. 64)

(p. 633) pākhaśāṭa a blow or a flap of a bird's wings. পাখশাট মারা v. (of a bird) to strike with wings, to flap one's wings. 41)

(p. 684) prabrajyā wandering asceticism. প্রব্রজ্যা নেওয়া v. to take to wandering asceticism. প্রব্রাজক same as পরিব্রাজক । 31)

(p. 629) paśu a quadruped animal, a beast, a brute; a beastly or brutal man; an attendant of Shiva (শিব). গবাদি পশু cattle. গৃহপালিত পশু a domestic animal; (pl.) livestock. বলির পশু a sacrificial beast. ভারবাহী পশু a beast of burden, a draught animal, a pack animal. শিকারি পশু a beast of prey. শিকারের পশু a game. ̃চর্ম n. animal skin; hide; pelt. ̃চারণ n. act of grazing cattle, grazing. পশুচারণ করা v. to graze or feed cattle. ̃চারণ ক্ষেত্র n. a pasturage, a grazing-field. ̃চারণযোগ্য a. pasturable. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a veterinary surgeon. ̃ত্ব n. animality; beastliness; brutality. ̃ধর্ম n. bestiality; sexual intercourse or copulation. ̃ধর্মা a. bestial; brutal; addicted to excessive sexual intercourse or copulation. ̃পতি Shiva (শিব). ̃পাল a. herd or flock of animals or livestock. ̃পাল, ̃পালক n. a herdsman, a cowherd; a shepherd; a goatherd. ̃পালন n. act of rearing and tending and raising livestock, livestock farming. ̃পালনবিশারদ n. a livestock expert. ̃বত্ a. beast-like, beastly, bestial, brutal. ̃বত্ আচরণ bestiality, brutality. ̃রাজ n. the king of beasts; the lion. ̃লোম n. wool; fur. ̃শক্তি n. brute force. ̃শালা n. a zoological garden, a zoo; a cattleshed; a stable. ̃শিকার n. game-hunting, hunting. ̃শিকারি n. a game-hunter, a hunter (fem. a huntress). ̃সুলভ same as পশুবত্ । 42)

(p. 644) pāripāṭya orderliness; neatness; tidiness, spruceness. 28)

(p. 619) parikalpita planned, devised, contrived, designed; intended. 39)

(p. 625) pariśōdha repayment (as of a debt); (fig.) revenge or retaliation. পরিশোধ করা v. to repay, to pay off, to pay back; (fig.) to avenge or retaliate. 27)