(p. 674) pratāpa might, power; prowess; domineering influence; heat. ̃শালী প্রতাপান্বিত, প্রতাপী a. mighty, powerful; domineeringly influential; (of the sun etc.) strongly burning or shining. 19)

(p. 654) puliśa, pulisa the police; a policeman; a police constable. 73)

(p. 629) pallaba a leaf (বৃক্ষপল্লব, নবপল্লব); a lid (অক্ষিপল্লব); a new tree-leaf; the forepart of a young shoot or sprout bearing new leaves (আম্রপল্লব). ̃গ্রাহিতা n. surface-grazing; dilettantism; eclecticism; smattering acquaintance. ̃গ্রাহী a. dilettantish; smattering. পল্লবগ্রাহী লোক a dilettante (pl. dilettanti); a smatterer. পল্লবিত a. containing leaves, leafy; full of new leaves; sprouted; detailed, exhausted; exaggerated (পল্লবিত বর্ণনা). 36)

(p. 647) pāṣāṇa stone; a weight put on a scalepan to adjust or equipoise a beam of balance; (fig.) a stone-hearted man (তুমি পাষাণ). a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) made of stone; of stone; stonelike; unfeeling, pitiless; stone-hearted (পাষাণ বাপ); callous (শোকে শোকে পাষাণ). ̃তুল্য a. stone-like, stony; (fig.) unfeeling, insensate; immobile, unmoved, still. ̃প্রচীর n. a stone-wall. ̃-বিদারক a. same as পাষাণভেদী । ̃ভার n. a weight as heavy as stone. ̃ভেদী a. able to pierce even stone; heart-rending. ̃মূর্তি n. a stone image, a statue of stone. ̃হৃদয় a. stone-hearted; pitiless. পাষাণী n. fem. a stone-hearted woman. 18)

(p. 642) pāẏī (used as a sfx.) drinking (স্তন্যপায়ী), taking (ধূমপায়ী). 45)

(p. 629) paścādgati retrograde motion, backward movement. পশ্চাদ্গমন n. retrogression, going after, following. পশ্চাদ্গমন করা v. to follow, to go after. পশ্চাদ্গামী a. following, going after. পশ্চাদ্গামী হওয়া v. to follow, to go after. পশ্চাদ্বর্তী a. lying behind; lagging behind; following, coming after or behind. পশ্চাদ্বর্তী হওয়া v. to lie behind; to lag behind; to follow. পশ্চাদনুসরণ n. act of following; pursuit. পশ্চাদনুসরণ করা v. to follow; to pursue. পশ্চাদনুসরণকারী a. following; pursuing. n. a follower; a pursuer. fem. পশ্চাদনুসরণকারিণী । 46)

(p. 606) paḍ়na2 (dial.) reading; perusal; study; recitation; recital. 6)

(p. 647) pica3 (in cricket) pitch. 38)

(p. 654) puttikā the white ant; the bee. 20)

(p. 672) pragalbha boastful, bragging; voluble; impertinent, saucy, impudent; unhesitating; smart; intrepid, bold; speaking unhesitatingly or smartly. প্রগল্ভা a. fem. of প্রগল্ভ । n. a very sportive and wanton young woman. ̃তা n. boasting; bragging; volubility; impertinence, sauciness, impudence; absence of hesitation; smartness; intrepidity; unhesitating or smart talk. 5)

(p. 650) pittala brass. ̃নির্মিত a. made of brass, brazen. ̃ফলক n. a brass-plate. 9)

(p. 654) purī2 a house, a palace, a residence (রাজপুরী, ইন্দ্রপুরী); a city; a title of certain ascetics (ঈশ্বরপুরী). 51)

(p. 606) patrāśraẏī epiphyllous. 38)

(p. 652) pīḍ়ka oppressing, persecuting, tormenting; forcing; insisting, pressing, chastising; accepting esp. in marriage (পাণিপীড়ক). n. an oppressor; a persecutor, a tormentor; one who forces or insists (on) or presses; a chastiser; one who accepts esp. in marriage. 20)

(p. 644) pārada quicksilver, mercury. ̃মিশ্র n. an amalgam. ̃সুত্র n. (chem.) a column of mercury. 4)