(p. 672) pracēṣṭā (repeated or unflagging) effort, endeavour, application, persistent attempt. 15)

(p. 601) pañcānanda a traditional deity of Bengal; (loos.) Shiva (শিব). 54)

(p. 673) prajñā superior understanding or intelligence, profound wisdom; knowledge about philosophical reality. ̃চক্ষু n. eyes having superhuman or rare power of attaining knowledge; power to attain knowledge about philosophical reality. a. having superhumanly or uncommonly knowing eyes; endowed with philosophical insight into the ultimate reality. ̃ত a. well-known or widely known; famous. ̃ন n. especial or superior knowledge; knowledge about philosophical reality; a sign, a token; a hint. ̃পক n. a propagandist; a publicity man, a publicity officer. ̃পন n. propaganda; publicity; notification; a communique. ̃পারমিতা n. culmination of knowledge; highest knowledge; (in Buddhism) the goddess of knowledge. ̃বান a. endowed with the knowledge about philosophical reality; profoundly wise. 11)

(p. 642) pānaśauṇḍa given to drinking wine; boozy. পানশৌণ্ড ব্যক্তি a drunkard; a boozer. 8)

(p. 649) piṭapiṭa expressing: twitching as of the eye, flickering as of a lamp, peevishness, fastidiousness or mania for cleanliness. পিটপিট করা, পিটপিটানো v. (of the eye etc.) to twitch, to bat (an eyelid); (of a lamp etc.) to flicker; to behave peevishly or fastidiously; to show a mania for cleanliness. পিটপিটানি twitching as of the eye; flickering as of a lamp; peevishness; fastidiousness; a mania for cleanliness. পিটপিটে a. peevish; fastidious; over-scrupulous; stickler; stricken with a mania for cleanliness. 8)

(p. 666) pōn̐tā2 to plant (গাছ পোঁতা); to drive into (পেরেক পোঁতা); to bury, to inter. ̃নো v. to cause to plant or drive into or sow or bury. 15)

(p. 665) pēru the turkey. 24)

(p. 633) pācanabāḍ়i a truncheon for driving cattle. 54)

(p. 682) pratyēka each, every. pro. each, everyone. প্রত্যেক লোকের, প্রত্যেকের a. of each, of everybody. 7)

(p. 644) pārampārya serial succession or sequence or regular continuity, sequence. ̃হীন a. without continuity or regularity; without seriality. ̃হীনতা n. absence of continuity or seriality; absence of a regular order. 12)

(p. 654) purā1 before, formerly, in the past, in ancient times. 37)

(p. 629) pali silt; alluvium. পলি পড়া v. to collect alluvial deposit, to silt. পলি-পড়া a. silted up. ̃মাটি n. alluvium, silt; alluvial soil. 28)

(p. 682) pradēśa a province; a state; a country; a region; a part. 29)

(p. 692) prāṅgaṇa a courtyard, a compound. 19)

(p. 654) pṛthaganna (of a family) split up or divided into two or more units all having separate messing arrangements, separated. 113)