(p. 675) pratibhā keen intelligence; presence of mind; inventive or creative faculty; genius; glow; brilliance. ̃বান same as প্রতিভাধর ।

(p. 669) prakanpa hypothesis. প্রকল্পিত a. hypothetical; imagined. 29)

(p. 619) parigaṇana, parigaṇanā thorough reckoning, computation, enumeration; consideration. পরিগণনা করা v. to reckon thoroughly, to compute, to enumerate; to consider or regard (as). 50)

(p. 619) parityakta given up; left off; abandoned; deserted; relinquished; quitted; renounced; omitted. fem. পরিত্যক্তা । 89)

(p. 650) pilakhānā a stable for housing elephants. 39)

(p. 644) pārāẏaṇa completeness, thoroughness; completion; completion of reading a book within the fixed time. 25)

(p. 687) prayukta employed; applied, used. prep. for the sake of, owing to, due to, caused by, actuated by (ভয়প্রযুক্ত). প্রযুক্তি n. employment; application; a technique. প্রযুক্তিবিদ্যা n. technology. প্রযুক্তিবিদ্যাগত a. technological. 10)

(p. 614) paẏajāra a loose shoe fixed to the foot only by the vamp, a slipper. 2)

(p. 665) pēlā a gift or reward given to an artiste at a function; a prop. 28)

(p. 605) paṭhana act of reading, perusal; study; recitation. পঠনীয় a. that which is to be or can be read or studied or recited; prescribed for reading or study or recitation; readable; recitable. ̃শীল a. reading, studying; in the process of reading. 26)

(p. 647) pāśabāliśa a bolster. 9)

(p. 647) picabōrḍa pasteboard; cardboard. 41)

(p. 654) pura2 a house, a dwelling-house, an abode (নন্দপুর); a city, a town, a village (হস্তিনাপুর). ̃দ্বার n. the gate of a city or a house. ̃নারী n. fem. a woman usually keeping to the zenana; a housewife; a female member (esp. a married one) of a family. ̃ন্দর n. a name of Indra (ইন্দ্র), the king of gods. ̃ন্ধ্রী, ̃ন্ধ্রি n. a housewife; a married woman having her husband and children living. ̃বাসী a. inhabiting a town or a village; living in a family. n. a citizen, townsman, a villager; a member or inmate of a family. fem. ̃বাসিনী । ̃রক্ষক n. a warder or warden of a house; a city guard. ̃ললনা n. same as পুরনারী । ̃শাসক n. a presidency magistrate. ̃স্ত্রী same as পুরনারী । 28)

(p. 652) puchā, pōchā to ask, to inquire, to question, to interrogate; to pay heed to, to attach importance to (তাকে কেউ পোছে না).

(p. 652) pībara plump; corpulent, burly; welldeveloped; sturdy. fem. পীবরা, পীবরী । 34)