(p. 629) paścādbhūmi the rear; the background; hinterland.

(p. 654) pūti stench, fetid smell. a. fetid (পূতিগন্ধ); rotten, putrid (পূতিমাংস). 92)

(p. 629) pallaba a leaf (বৃক্ষপল্লব, নবপল্লব); a lid (অক্ষিপল্লব); a new tree-leaf; the forepart of a young shoot or sprout bearing new leaves (আম্রপল্লব). ̃গ্রাহিতা n. surface-grazing; dilettantism; eclecticism; smattering acquaintance. ̃গ্রাহী a. dilettantish; smattering. পল্লবগ্রাহী লোক a dilettante (pl. dilettanti); a smatterer. পল্লবিত a. containing leaves, leafy; full of new leaves; sprouted; detailed, exhausted; exaggerated (পল্লবিত বর্ণনা). 36)

(p. 650) pināka the bow of Shiva (শিব); a bowshaped musical instrument of Shiva; a trident (esp. that of Shiva). ̃পানি পিনাকী. n. Shiva (শিব), who carries a পিনাক in his hand. 16)

(p. 654) puriẏā a tiny packet; a dose of medicine or other articles in a tiny packet; an Indian musical mode. 50)

(p. 625) parōṭā a kind of thin bread fried in oil or clarified butter. 64)

(p. 629) palatē the wick of a lamp. 14)

(p. 633) pām̐śa ashes; a worthless or nonsense thing, talk etc. (ছাইপাঁশ). পাঁশুটে a. ash-coloured; livid, pale. 20)

(p. 625) parihāsa a joke, a jest; ridicule; mockery, derision. পরিহাস করা v. to poke fun at, to joke; to ridicule; to mock, to deride, to laugh, to scorn. ̃চ্ছলে, ̃ভরে adv. jokingly. ̃প্রিয় a. given to jesting, jestful; witty; fond of joking. ̃প্রিয়তা n. jestfulness; jocular; jocoseness; jocosity; playfulness. 52)

(p. 684) prabartaka introducing, bringing into use or currency; inaugurating, starting; founding, establishing; employing, initiating. n. an introducer, one who introduces or brings (something) into use; an inaugurator; a pioneer; a founder; an employer, an initiator. 9)

(p. 688) prasphuraṇa slight vibration or tremor; phosphorescence; effervescence. ̃শীল a. slightly vibrating or trembling; phosphorescent; effervescent. প্রস্ফুরিত a. slightly vibrated or trembled; phosphoresced; effervesced. প্রস্ফুরিত হওয়া v. to vibrate or tremble slightly; to phosphoresce; to effervesce. 59)

(p. 606) pataga the bird. 22)

(p. 625) pariśōdhana meticulous refinement or purification or sanctification. 28)

(p. 650) pitala brass. পিতলের কারিগর n. a brazier. 5)

(p. 684) pramātāmaha the grandfather or a granduncle of one's mother, a maternal greatgrandfather. fem. প্রমাতামহী the grandmother or a grandaunt of one's mother, a maternal great-grandmother. 50)