(p. 647) pikadāna, pikadāni a spittoon. 33)

(p. 606) panhā a way, a path; a means, an expedient (উদ্ধারের পন্হা); a system of religious practice (তান্ত্রিক পন্হা); a manner or mode or style or school. ̃নুসরণ n. act of following a particular path or system or mode. 74)

(p. 606) patra a leaf (as of a book or a tree); a page (পত্রাঙ্ক); a foil or plate (তাম্রপত্র); a letter, a missive (পত্রপ্রাপ্তি); a piece of paper printed or written (আদেশপত্র); a document or deed (বায়নাপত্র); a written marriage-contract (usu. পাঁতিপত্র); (of a bird) a wing; a correlative of কাগজ, দলিল etc. (চিঠিপত্র, কাগজপত্র, পুঁথিপত্র); a collection, and similar things, etcetera (বিছানাপত্র, মালপত্র, খরচপত্র). পত্র করা v. to make a marriage-contract in writing. পত্র দেওয়া v. to send one a letter, to write a letter to. ̃ক n. a leaf; (bot.) a pinna. ̃কন্টক n. (bot.) a leaf-spine. ̃ক্ষত n. (bot.) a leaf-scar. ̃দারক n. a saw. ̃পত্রিকা n. pl. journals and newspapers. ̃পাঠ n. act of reading a letter. adv. as soon as a letter is read; forthwith, at once, immediately. ̃পুট n. a cup made of tree-leaves. ̃বন্ধু n. a penfriend. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহক n. a carrier or bearer of a letter; a messenger; a postman. ̃বাহী a. mail-carrying, mail. ̃বিনিময় n. act of writing letters to one another; exchange of letters; correspondence. পত্রবিনিময় করা v. to write letters to one another; to correspond (with). বিন্যাস n. (bot.) phyllotaxy. ̃মঞ্জরি n. (bot.) a leafstalk, a petiole. ̃মুকুল n. (bot.) a leafbud. ̃মূল n. (bot.) a leaf-base. ̃মোচন n. (bot.) leaf-fall, defoliation. ̃যোগে adv. by letter. ̃রচনা n. act of writing or composing a letter; (bot.) foliation; (bot.) foliage. ̃রন্ধ্র n. stoma. ̃লেখা n. act of writing a letter; decorative paintings on one's person with sandal-paste or similar articles. ̃হরিত্ n. (bot.) chlorophyl. 35)

(p. 601) pakṣīẏa of or concerning a side or group or party; belonging to a party. 33)

(p. 650) pitā father. ̃মহ n. one's father's father or uncle, a grandfather or a granduncle; an appellation of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). ̃মহী n. fem. one's father's mother or aunt, a grandmother or a grand-aunt. 6)

(p. 629) paśalā a short spell of fall (as of rain), a shower. 40)

(p. 601) pa1 the twenty-first consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 688) prasāra width; expanse; extent; expansion (বানিজ্যের প্রসার); spread (শিক্ষার প্রসার). প্রসারণ n. act of stretching (out); extension; expansion; spreading; spread; (phys.) dilatation, dilation. প্রসারণ করা v. to stretch (out); to extend; to expand; to spread; (phys.) to dilate. প্রসারাঙ্ক n. (phys.) the co-efficient of expansion or dilation. প্রসারিত a. stretched (out); extended; expanded; spread (out). প্রসারী a. extending; expanding; expansive; extensive; wide. সূদূর-প্রসারী a. far-reaching, widely extended, farflung (সুদূরপ্রসারী সাম্রাজ্য). 42)

(p. 619) parijana a member of a family; a dependent; a friend; a kinsman; a servant, an attendant. ̃বর্গ n. pl. the family circle. 73)

(p. 606) padmāsana a particular posture of yogic sitting; one seated in this posture; an appellation of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). পদ্মাসনা a. seated on a lotus. n. goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 65)

(p. 629) palāgni bile. 20)

(p. 654) purādhyakṣa a governor of a city; a warden of a house. 45)

(p. 645) pāla3 mating or coupling (of beasts or birds.) পাল দেওয়া v. to mate or couple (beasts or birds); (esp. of horses) to sire. 11)

(p. 618) parahiṃsā malice, spite, envy. 15)

(p. 684) pramatha one of the demi-gods attending on Shiva (শিব). 42)