(p. 619) paridhi circumference; periphery; girth. ̃মাপক n. perimeter. 102)

(p. 678) pratisarga (myth.) expansion of the creation after the original one, the secondary creation; universal dissolution. 36)

(p. 696) prauḍh়i energy; capacity, capability; ardour; zeal; talent. 62)

(p. 619) parājaẏa defeat. পরাজয় বরণ করা v. to court defeat. পরাজয় স্বীকার করা v. to acknowledge or own defeat; to give in, to yield. পরাজয়ের গ্লানি disgrace or ignominy or distress or anguish of defeat. 5)

(p. 629) paryudāsa utter defeat, rout, crush; complete frustration; prevention or repulse. 2)

(p. 642) pānasē tasting like water for not being properly cooked (ঝোলটা পানসে); watery in taste; insipid, dull, milk-and-water (পানসে কথাবার্তা বা লেখা); lachrymose (পানসে মেয়ে). 10)

(p. 638) pādya water for washing the feet (and also legs.) 70)

(p. 628) parbāsphōṭa act of snapping a knuckle or knuckles of one's finger(s). 6)

(p. 667) pauttalika idolatrous. n. an idolater. পৌত্তলিকতা n. idolatry. 37)

(p. 684) prabīṇa elderly; aged, old; wise, judicious; well-experienced; skilful; delighted or consoled ('দুঃখী দেখে দ্রবীণ প্রবীণ চিত হয়'). প্রবীণা. a. fem. elderly or aged. n. an elderly or aged woman. প্রবীণতা, প্রবীণত্ব n. elderliness; agedness, oldness; wisdom, judiciousness; wellexperiencedness; skilfulness. 24)

(p. 619) paribardhana development; improvement; magnification; enlargement; amplification. 130)

(p. 654) puruṣa man; a man; a male creature; a manly man, a he-man (সে খাঁটি পুরুষ); (phil. & theol.) the soul (পুরুষ ও প্রকৃতি); God; a generation (অধস্তন পাঁচ পুরুষ); (gr.) person (উত্তম পুরুষ = the first person; মধ্যম পুরুষ = the second person; প্রথম পুরুষ = the third person). in comp. male, he (পুরুষ জন্তু). পরমপুরুষ n. a superman; God, the Absolute. পুরুষকার n. manliness, prowess; intelligence; manly effort. পুরুষজাতীয় a. male; masculine. ̃ত্ব n. masculinity; manhood; manliness, virility; vigour; masculine sexual power. পুরুষত্ববর্জিত. পুরুষত্ববিহীন, পুরুষত্বরহিত, পুরুষত্বশূন্য, পুরুষত্বহীন a. lacking in masculine sexual power, impotent; unmanly; effeminate; lacking in vigour; faint-hearted. পুরুষত্বহানি n. loss of masculine sexual power, impotency. ̃-পরম্পরা n. succession of generations, lineal succession, heredity. ̃পরম্পরাক্রমে adv. from generation to generation, hereditarily. ̃-পরম্পরাগত a. coming down from generation to generation; inherited; hereditary; traditional. ̃পুঙ্গব n. a high specimen of humanity; a great man; a big man. ̃প্রধান n. chief amongst men; (when attributed to God) Supreme. ̃ব্যাঘ্র n. a tiger of a man. ̃মানুষ n. a man; a male; a manly man. ̃শার্দুল same as পুরুষব্যাঘ্র । ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ same as ̃প্রধান । ̃সিংহ n. a lion amongst men. ̃সুলভ a. common to or befitting a man; masculine. পুরুষাঙ্গ n. the male sex-organ, the penis. পুরুষাধম n. the basest or vilest of men; a dirty fellow; a rascal; an extremely cowardly man. পুরুষানুক্রম same as পুরুষ-পরম্পরা । পুরুষানুক্রমিক same as পুরুষ-পরম্পরাগত । পুরুষার্থ n. religious or spiritual attainment, earning of wealth, realization of desires and attainment of salvation; these four manly pursuits of life; happiness, bliss, salvation, beatitude. পুরুষালি n. masculinity; manliness, virility; (of a woman or a girl) tomboyishness. a. masculine; manly, virile; (of a woman or girl) tomboyish. পুরুষোচিত a. proper for a man; becoming or befitting a man; manly. পুরুষোত্তম n. an excellent man; a superman; the Supreme Being, God, Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). 54)

(p. 675) pratibēdana a petition of complaint; a report. 80)

(p. 682) pradōṣa, pradōṣakāla evening; nightfall, evening twilight; night. প্রদোষান্ধকার n. the gloom of the evening. 30)

(p. 601) pa1 the twenty-first consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)