(p. 671) prakṛti nature (শান্তপ্রকৃতি); behaviour, habit, instinct (অসত্প্রকৃতি); natural qualities, nature (বস্তুপ্রকৃতি); the external world, nature; the power that creates and regulates the world, Nature; the primordial female energy; (phil.) illusion, maya; people or subjects; (gr.) a root word. ̃গত a. pertaining to one's nature; instinctive, habitual; pertaining to physical nature, natural. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. natural; inborn, innate, inherent, native; instinctive. ̃দত্ত a. given by nature, natural; innate. ̃পুঞ্জ n. pl. people or subjects. ̃পূজা n. nature-worship, animism. ̃বাদ n. naturalism, materialism; (gr.) consideration of the rootmeaning of words, use of words in the root-meaning only, purism. ̃বাদী a. naturalistic, materialistic; (gr.) puristic. n. a naturalist, a materialist; (gr.) a purist. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. physics; natural science; natural philosophy. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. a naturalist; a physicist. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to nature. ̃স্হ a. in one's natural or normal state; come to one's senses; recovered. প্রকৃতিস্হ হওয়া v. to come to one's senses; to regain one's mental balance; to recover. 8)

(p. 633) pācanatantra digestive system. 53)

(p. 652) pīnasa ozaena. 32)

(p. 687) prayōjya applicable. ̃তা n. applicability. 14)

(p. 619) parābhaba defeat. 19)

(p. 619) paribēśana, paribēṣaṇa distribution, act of dealing out; act of serving food at table. পরিবেশন করা, পরিবেষণ করা v. to distribute, to deal out; to serve (food at table). 148)

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

(p. 631) paścima the west; the Occident; the western world, the western hemisphere. a. final, last, ultimate; subsequent; western. ̃দেশীয় a. of a western country; up-country. ̃বঙ্গ n. West Bengal. পশ্চিম বায়ুপ্রবাহ n. westerly winds; the west wind. পশ্চিম ভারতীয় দ্বীপপুঞ্জ n. the West Indies. পশ্চিমা a. of the west, western (পশ্চিমা বাতাস); upcountry (পশ্চিমা লোক); n. an upcountry man. পশ্চিমাঞ্চল n. the western part or region. পশ্চিমাস্য a. facing westward. পশ্চিমি a. western; Occidental. 6)

(p. 642) pāraṅgama competent, efficient, capable; proficient (সর্বশাস্ত্রপারংগম); (rare) crossed over to the other bank or shore or end (of a river etc.). 48)

(p. 681) pratyabhijñā, pratyabhijñāna recognition. 3)

(p. 647) pāhārā watching or guarding; a watch, a watchman, a watcher, a sentinel, a sentry, a guard, a guardsman. পাহারা দেওয়া v. to watch, to guard, to sentinel, to patrol. ̃ওয়ালা, ̃ওলা n. a watchman; a constable; a policeman. 22)

(p. 666) pōn̐ca a coating. পোঁচ দেওয়া v. to apply a coating (to), to coat. পোঁচড়া, পোঁচলা n. a coating; a brush for whitewashing made of jute fibres. 8)

(p. 638) pāttā information, news; trace; address, whereabouts. পাত্তা করা same as পাত্তা লাগানো । পাত্তা পাওয়া v. to find trace or whereabouts of; (fig.) to be considered of some value or to be of some account. পাত্তা না পাওয়া v. to lose trace of; (fig.) to be of small account. পাত্তা না . দেওয়া v. to treat as of little or no importance, to make light of, to take a dim view. পাত্তা লাগানো v. to try to find trace or whereabouts of. 54)

(p. 678) pratisarāṅka (phys.) refracting index. 35)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)