(p. 638) pānaka a drink of sweetened diluted fruit juices, sharbat; water hyacinth. 75)

(p. 645) pālaṭi1 (of a family) being on equal social footing with another making thereby matrimonial alliance permissible and possible. ̃ঘর n. a family of equal social status or footing. 19)

(p. 696) prāsaṅgika contextual; relevant, pertinent. 15)

(p. 645) pālānō to flee, to run away, to show a clean pair of heels; to play truant, to mooch, to mouch. a. runaway; fugitive; truant. See also the for. form পালানো । 26)

(p. 669) prakāṇḍa huge, colossal, enormous, monstrous, gigantic, stupendous. n. a trunk of a tree. ̃কায় a. enormous in size, of great bulk, gigantic, monstrous, huge. 30)

(p. 601) pacānō to cause to rot, to rot, to putrefy, to decompose etc.; to ret (jute etc.); (med.) to make septic. a. that which has been putrefied or decomposed. 47)

(p. 654) pulaka horripilation or gooseflesh (usu. caused by a delightful feeling or sensation); a thrill (of joy or delight); delight or joy. ̃কন্টকিত, পুলকিত a. horripilated in delight; (greatly) delighted. পুলকোচ্ছ্বাস n. an outburst of delight. 66)

(p. 650) pila2 the elephant; (in chess) the bishop. 37)

(p. 696) prārthanā, prārthana a prayer (secular or religious); act of asking for, solicitation; supplication; application. প্রার্থনা করা v. to pray; to say one's prayer; to ask for, to solicit; to supplicate; to apply (for); to petition. প্রার্থনা পূর্ণ করা to grant a prayer. 8)

(p. 619) paribarjita completely abandoned or avoided or cast off or given up or renounced or rejected. 125)

(p. 682) pradōṣa, pradōṣakāla evening; nightfall, evening twilight; night. প্রদোষান্ধকার n. the gloom of the evening. 30)

(p. 615) paradā a screen, a curtain; a veil, a zenana, purdah (পরদাপ্রথা); a thin skin or membrane, a film (চোখের পরদা); a covering; a layer, a strip, a flake (এক পরদা চামড়া; (of a musical instrument) a bridge or key; (of voice) a scale (সুরের পরদা). ̃নশিন a. (fem.) living behind the purdah, living in a zenana. ̃প্রথা n. the purdah-system. চোখের পরদা (fig.) sense of shame, sense of delicacy. 15)

(p. 681) pratyālīḍh় the kneeling posture of an archer whilst shooting with his right leg doubled in the front and the left stretched out at the back. 24)

(p. 601) pacya worth cooking; digestible. 49)

(p. 652) pīḍ়na oppression, persecution, torment; forcing; insistence, pressure; chastisement; acceptance esp. in marriage (পাণিপীড়ন). পীড়ন করাv. to press, to persecute, to torment; to force; to insist, to chastise; to accept esp. in marriage. 21)