(p. 667) pōlāō a highly spiced dish of rice and meat boiled in clarified butter, pilau. 15)

(p. 633) pāka3 a mythological demon. ̃শাসন n. Indra (ইন্দ্র), the slayer of Paka (পাক) the demon. 23)

(p. 633) pāṭana a city, a habitation, a settlement (গৌড় পাটন); trade and commerce; sea trade. পাটনে যাওয়া v. to set out on sea trade. 78)

(p. 638) pātañjala of or compiled by Patanjali, the Philosopher of ancient India. ̃দর্শন n. the yoga (যোগ) system of philosophy. 30)

(p. 671) prakōpa virulence, severity (জ্বরের প্রকোপ); excess (পিত্তের প্রকোপ); violent outbreak (কলেরার প্রকোপ); great anger, rage; great excitement. ̃ন n. excitation, excitement; provocation; enragement. প্রকোপিত a. excited; provoked; enraged; (of a disease etc.) grown virulent, aggravated; (of an epidemic etc.) violently broken out. প্রকোপিত হওয়া v. to be excited or provoked or enraged; to grow virulent, to aggravate; to break out violently. 10)

(p. 625) pariṣēbikā of পরিষেবক । 35)

(p. 633) pākuḍ় a species of fig-tree, Ficus infectoria. 35)

(p. 631) pān̐kāla a kind of eel. a. muddy, miry, clayey. 32)

(p. 615) paradharmadbēṣī hostile to other's religion or creed, intolerant of others' religion or of religion not one's own. 24)

(p. 649) piṭha the back; the rear; immediate succession (পিঠে পিঠে); a surface or face (এপিঠ ওপিঠ); (in a game of cards) a trick. পিঠ চাপড়ানো v. to pat on the back; to drum one's back lightly, (idio.) to encourage patronizingly or with an air of superiority. পিঠের চামড়া তোলা v. to flog severely. পিঠে পিঠে back to back; on the back of; immediately succeeding in birth, born next. 12)

(p. 674) praṇāma act of making obeisance by lying prostrate or bending and touching one's feet (cp. kowtow). প্রণাম করা v. to lie prostrate or bend and touch one's feet in obeisance. প্রণামী n. a present or money given at the time of making obeisance (গুরুপ্রণামী). 5)

(p. 625) parīkṣā a test; an examination; a trial; an ordeal (অগ্নিপরীক্ষা); a cross-examination; an investigation; an experiment; foretelling, divination, reading (হস্তরেখা পরীক্ষা) ; অদৃষ্টপরীক্ষা, ভাগ্যপরীক্ষা n. fortune-telling; act of seeking fortune. পরীক্ষা করা v. to test; to examine; to try; to test by an ordeal; to cross examine; to investigate; to experiment; to divine. পরীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to appear at an examination; to take an examination; to undergo a trial; to submit to an ordeal. পরীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to examine, to test; to hold an examination; to test by an examination. পরীক্ষায় উতরে যাওয়া v. to stand a test or scrutiny. ̃গার, ̃গৃহ, ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির, ̃শালা n. an examination-hall; a laboratory. ̃ধীন a. subject to or under examination or trial or test or investigation or experiment. ̃র্থী a. appearing at an examination. n. an examinee. fem. পরীক্ষার্থিনী । 56)

(p. 601) pakṣīmāra a fowler. 32)

(p. 625) parīkṣāmūlaka experimental. 57)

(p. 650) pitḥ O father (cp. abba). 4)