(p. 671) prakīrtana wide celebrity; publicity (নামযশ প্রকীর্তন). 2)

(p. 682) prapañca extent; illusion, maya; delusion; phenomenal reality; the world; the worldly life; an error or mistake; untruth; falsehood; a collection, a multitude. ̃ময় a. full of illusions; illusory. প্রপঞ্চিত a. extensive; extended; illusive; illusory; erroneous. 38)

(p. 619) parikrama, parikramaṇa walking or pacing or strolling, ambulation; travelling or traversing; act of travelling widely or thoroughly, peregrination; act of going round, circumambulation. পরিক্রমন করা v. to walk, to pace, to stroll; to ambulate, to travel, to traverse, to travel widely or thoroughly, to peregrinate; to go round, to circumambulate. পরিক্রমকাল n. periodic time. পরিক্রমা n. act of going round, rotation (সূর্যপরিক্রমা), circumambulation; wide travelling, peregrination (তীর্থপরিক্রমা); (fig.) critical survey (সাহিত্যপরিক্রমা). 43)

(p. 652) piśāca a necrophagous evil spirit, a ghoul; (fig.) a man of vile or cruel or nauseating or abominable nature. fem. পিশাচী, (inc.) পিশাচিনী । ̃তত্ত্ব n. demonology. ̃সিদ্ধ a. one who has made a ghoul one's slave by means of rigorous ascetic practices. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । 4)

(p. 667) pōddāra a professional examiner of the genuineness of coins; a moneychanger; a pawn-broker; a banker, a money-lender. পোদ্দারি n. the profession of a coin-examiner or money-changer or pawn-broker or banker or moneylender; (sarcas.) display of false authority or power. পরের ধনে পোদ্দারি see পর3 । 7)

(p. 633) pāchā-pēḍ়ē (of a woman's cloth) having a broad lengthwise furbelow in the middle. 64)

(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. 654) pūrabī an Indian Musical mode. 99)

(p. 644) pārasi the language of Persia, Persian; a Parsee, a Parasi; a Persian. a. Persian; of the Parsees (পারসি শাড়ি). পারসিক a. Persian, Iranian. n. a Persian, an Iranian. 15)

(p. 631) pāi an obsolete Indian coin (=1/192; rupee), a pie. 19)

(p. 674) praṇidhāna close attention; profound meditation; deep consideration; earnest application or employment. প্রণিধান করা v. to pay close attention to; to meditate deeply; to consider deeply; to apply or employ earnestly (to). ̃যোগ্য a. deserving close attention or deep consideration. 8)

(p. 678) pratilipi a replica, a facsimile, a transcript, a copy. 22)

(p. 647) pāśa1 act of passing an examination; a written permission, a pass (গেটপাশ) a free or complimentary ticket (রেলের বা থিয়েটারের পাশ). a. got through an examination, passed. পাশ করা v. to pass (an examination); to sanction or pass. পাশ করানো v. to help or make one pass an examination; to let (one) pass through (as a gate). পাশ হওয়া v. to pass an examination; to be passed or sanctioned; to be allowed to pass through. পাশ নম্বর n. (in examination or test) pass marks. 2)

(p. 652) pun̐ti a kind of small pearl-shaped ball of glass with a small hole through it, bead. পুঁতির মালা a string of these balls, a string or necklace of beads. 43)

(p. 614) para4 another, other, different; unrelated, not one's relation or kindred (সে আমার পর নয়); supreme, chief, best, absolute (পরব্রক্ষ্ম). n. an enemy, a foe (পরন্তপ); a person who is not present on the spot, a third person (পরচর্চা); one who is not a kindred, a stranger পরভৃত্; God. adv. then, after (অতঃপর, পরবর্তী). পরের ধনে পোদ্দারি করা (fig.) to spend another's money as one's own; (fig.) a steward brags of the property he looks after as if it were his own. 19)