(p. 687) praẏāsa an effort, an endeavour; a hard effort; toil; a desire. প্রয়াস করা v. to endeavour; to try or endeavour hard; to toil; to desire. প্রয়াস পাওয়া v. to endeavour; to make a hard attempt, to make a sincere and earnest effort; to toil. প্রয়াসী a. endeavouring; toiling hard; desirous. 17)

(p. 629) palatē the wick of a lamp. 14)

(p. 601) pañcāśa, pañcāśat fifty. পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fiftieth. fem. পঞ্চাশত্তমী । পঞ্চাশবার adv. fifty times; (fig.) many times, (cp.) thousand and one times, times without number. 58)

(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. 654) puraskāra a reward; a prize; remuneration; meed; cordial reception, welcome ('বসাইলা আসনে তারে করি পুরস্কার'); honour, felicitation. পুরস্কার দেওয়া v. to reward. 34)

(p. 654) purōbhāga the first part or share; the front. সৈন্যবাহিনীর পুরোভাগ the vanguard. 61)

(p. 692) prātiṣṭhānika institutional; organizational; of or about the establishment. 40)

(p. 625) parimāpa measurement; weighing; counting; (fig.) assessment (জ্ঞানের পরিমাপ); measure, weight, amount, quantity, number, degree; land-measure, survey. পরিমাপ করা same as পরিমাণ করা (see পরিমাণ). পরিমাপক a. measuring; weighing; counting; surveying; assessing. n. a measurer; weigher; counter; a surveyor (of land); an assessor; a measuring or weighing or counting or surveying machine. পরিমাপন n. measuring or weighing or counting or surveying (as land) or (fig.) assessing. 6)

(p. 696) prēkṣaka a spectator; an onlooker; one of the audience. 29)

(p. 601) pañcānana having five faces. n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). 53)

(p. 644) pārijāta (myth.) a never-fading heavenly flower or its plant, (cp.) - the amarant(h). 26)

(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. 667) pōẏāti pregnant (পোয়াতি বউ); recently delivered of a child (প্রসবের পরে পোয়াতি সুস্হ আছে). n. a pregnant woman; a woman recently delivered of a child. পোয়াতি হওয়া to conceive, to be in the family way. 11)

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

(p. 665) pēśōẏā a Maratha peshwa. 35)