(p. 669) pyān̐ca a spiral bend or coil or twist (স্ক্রুর প্যাঁচ, স্ক্রুতে প্যাঁচ দেওয়া); a screw (প্যাঁচ আঁটা); a tricky or shrewd turn (কথার প্যাঁচ); an intrigue or machination, entanglement, predicament (প্যাঁচে ফেলা); a difficult problem, an intricate or perplexing situation, false position, quandary, cleft stick (প্যাঁচে পড়া); complication, intricacy (ব্যাপারটায় বড় প্যাঁচ); mutual entwining (ঘুড়ির প্যাচ); a tangle (সুতোর বাণ্ডিলটায় প্যাঁচ লেগেছে); (in wrestling etc.) a style of holding; a tricky move (কুস্তির প্যাঁচ). 9)

(p. 684) prabartita brought into use, introduced; inaugurated, started, commenced; established, founded; employed, initiated, induced. 12)

(p. 688) prasphuraṇa slight vibration or tremor; phosphorescence; effervescence. ̃শীল a. slightly vibrating or trembling; phosphorescent; effervescent. প্রস্ফুরিত a. slightly vibrated or trembled; phosphoresced; effervesced. প্রস্ফুরিত হওয়া v. to vibrate or tremble slightly; to phosphoresce; to effervesce. 59)

(p. 688) praśāsaka administrator. 25)

(p. 619) parikṣēpa scattering; scattered state; abandonment; act or state of being surrounded; that which encloses, such as fencing, railing etc. 47)

(p. 682) pratyuttara a retort, rejoinder. প্রত্যুত্তর করা v. to retort, to answer back. 2)

(p. 638) pātipāti line by line; minutely; ransackingly. পাতিপাতি করা v. to search line by line; to search minutely, to ransack, to rummage, to make a thorough search, to rifle. 50)

(p. 696) paiṣa of dispatch or transmission; of postal transmission, postal. 50)

(p. 672) pracchanna covered; hidden, concealed; secret; invisible; (esp. in bot.) latent. ̃তা n. covertness; concealment; secrecy; invisibility; latency; coverture, disguise. ̃বেশে adv. in disguise, incognito. ̃ভাবে adv. covertly; secretly; invisibly; stealthily; latently. 17)

(p. 682) pradakṣiṇa (ori. & ritually) clockwise circumambulation round an object; act of going around something. প্রদক্ষিণ করা v. to circumambulate in a clockwise manner around something; to go round something. 12)

(p. 675) pratikṣēpaṇa act of throwing back or rebounding. প্রতিক্ষেপণ করা v. to throw back, to rebound. 16)

(p. 625) parimlāna very pale or jaded or worn out; glum or sombre. 13)

(p. 672) pracāra introduction; currency; announcement, proclamation; circulation; propaganda, publicity; preaching; disclosure; publication. প্রচার করা v. to introduce; to give currency (to); to announce, to proclaim; to circulate; to propagate; to give publicity to, to publicize; to preach; to disclose; to publish; to make public. প্রচার হওয়া v. to be introduced; to gain currency; to be announced or proclaimed or circulated or propagated; to get publicity; to be preached or disclosed or published; to become public. প্রচারক a. introducing; giving currency (to); announcing; circulating; giving publicity to; preaching; disclosing; publishing. n. an introducer; one who gives currency (to); an announcer, a proclaimer; a circulator; a missionary; a propagandist, a publicist; a preacher; a discloser; a publisher. প্রচারণ n. same as প্রচার and— a communique. প্রচারণা same as প্রচার । প্রচার-অধিকর্তা n. director of publicity. ̃পত্র n. a pamphlet; a propaganda magazine. ̃মাধ্যম n. medium for publicity; mass media. ̃যন্ত্র n. same as প্রচারমাধ্যম । প্রচারিত a. introduced; that which has gained currency, current; announced, proclaimed; circulated; propagated; publicized; preached; disclosed; published. 12)

(p. 633) pākhāōẏālā winged; feathered; (rare) finned; having a propeller or vane or sail. n. a punkah-puller; a dealer in or pedlar of hand-fans; a repairer of electric fans; one who lets out electric fans on hire. 43)

(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)