(p. 687) prayatna repeated or thorough endeavour or effort, perseverance. প্রযত্ন করা v. to persevere. ̃সহকারে adv. perseveringly; thoroughly; carefully. 9)

(p. 696) prēraṇa act of sending, dispatch, transmission; remittance. েরণ করা v. to send, to dispatch; to transmit; to remit. 40)

(p. 652) pukura a pond, a tank, a pool. পুকুর কাটা v. to excavate a pond. পুকুর ঝালানো v. to dredge a tank. পুকুর প্রতিষ্ঠা করা v. to perform solemn rites before putting a newly excavated pond to use. ̃চুরি n. an unbelievably tremendous fraud. 45)

(p. 675) pratibartana obversion. 66)

(p. 638) pātanāmā beginning, inception; preface. 34)

(p. 675) pratibidhāna a counter-action or countermeasure; remedy, redress; revenge. প্রতিবিধান করা v. to take measures against; to remedy, to redress; to avenge. 73)

(p. 642) pāni (usu. among Mus. of Bengal) water. ̃পাঁড়ে n. an up-country Brahman selling or supplying drinking water (esp. to railway passengers.) ̃ফল, (dial.) পানফল n. an aquatic fruit, cress(es), (cp.) water-chestnut. ̃বসন্ত, (pop.) পানবসন্ত n. chickenpox. 18)

(p. 619) paritrāhi (imperat.) rescue, deliver, save, relieve. পরিত্রাহি ডাক ছাড়া to call out or cry for help. 94)

(p. 684) prabhu a master, a lord; an overlord; an employer; a husband; an owner; a king; God; a superman; a holy or very reverend man. প্রভুতা, প্রভুত্ব n. mastery, authority; predominance; overlordship, supremacy; ownership; sovereignty, rule. প্রভুত্ব করা v. to lord it over; to rule, to govern. ̃ব্যঞ্জক a. imperious; authoritative; peremptory; domineering; bossy. ̃পত্নী n. fem. a mistress. ̃পরায়ণ same as প্রভুভক্ত । ̃পাদ n. a title of honour affixed to the names of the religious teachers of Vaishnavas (বৈষ্ণব). ̃ভক্ত a. devoted or faithful to one's master; loyal. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion or faithfulness to one's master; loyalty. ̃শক্তি n. governmental power or authority, ruling power; domination, dominance; authority; influence. 37)

(p. 652) pun̐cakē tiny. 37)

(p. 665) pēṭō2 the rind of a banana tree; a style of braiding hair over one's brow. 2)

(p. 633) pāgaḍ়i a turban; a head-cloth. ̃ধারী n. turbaned. 46)

(p. 669) pyāca pyāca denoting the noise caused by going along or wading through a slimy or miry place (প্যাচ প্যাচ করে চলা). প্যাচপেচে a. giving out or resembling the aforesaid noise; slimy or miry. 15)

(p. 615) paraspara serial, successive (পরস্পর বিষয়সমূহ). পরস্পরা n. a serial succession or sequence; a series. পরস্পরায়, পরম্পরাক্রমে adv. serially; seriatim, one after another; in regular succession. পরম্পরীণ a. serial, successive. 70)

(p. 619) paribrājaka a traveller; a mendicant or wandering ascetic. 154)