(p. 682) prathā usage, custom, practice; system, method. ̃গত a. customary. ̃নুগ a. in accordance with custom; customary; conventional. ̃নুগত্য n. loyalty or faithfulness to custom or convention. ̃নুসারে adv. according to the custom or practice or system, customarily. ̃মতো adv. according to or in accordance with custom or convention; conventionally. 9)

(p. 628) parbata a mountain; a hill; a rock; a hillock; a mount. ̃কন্দর, ̃গুহা n. a mountain-cave, a cave, a cavern. ̃চূড়া n. a peak (of a mountain); a hill-top. ̃পার্শ্ব n. mountain-side, hillside. ̃প্রমাণ a. mountain-high, high as a mountain; mountainous; huge. ̃বাসী a. living on hills or mountains; highland. n. a hillman; a highlander. fem. ̃বাসিনী । ̃শিখর, ̃শৃঙ্গ same as ̃চুড়া । ̃শ্রেণি n. a mountainrange. ̃সংকুল a. mountainous, having many mountains; hilly. পর্বতাকার a. looking like a mountain; mountainous, huge. পর্বতারোহী n. a mountaineer. a. climbing a mountain. পর্বতীয় a. of or grown in or living on mountains or hills; mountainous, highland. 4)

(p. 688) prasū (chiefly used as a sfx. and in an adjectival sense) mother, progenitress. a. producing (স্বর্ণপ্রসূ = auriferous). 47)

(p. 618) parahitaiṣaṇā an effort to do good to others; an effort for public welfare; altruism. 17)

(p. 684) prabala very strong or powerful, mighty (প্রবল শত্রু, প্রবল ঝড়); severe, intense, excessive (প্রবল দুঃখ, প্রবল তাপ); predominant (বাক্যই প্রবল). fem. প্রবলা । প্রবল ঝড় violent storm. প্রবল দুঃখ acute or intense or great sorrow. প্রবল পশ্চিমা (বায়ু) brave west winds. ̃তা n. great strength or power; severity; intensity; predominance. ̃পরাক্রম, ̃পরাক্রান্ত, ̃প্রতাপ a. extremely powerful or mighty, mightily influential. প্রবল বারিপাত heavy shower or downpour. 14)

(p. 654) pulina the part of a sandy beach or bank up to which the high-water mark reaches; (loos.) a sand-bank, a beach, shoal. 70)

(p. 615) paranārī somebody else's wife, another's wife. পরনারী হরণ করা v. to abduct another's wife (esp. for immoral purpose). 26)

(p. 678) pratimā an icon, an image; an idol. ̃চূর্ণকারী a. iconoclastic. n. an iconoclast. ̃চূর্ণন iconoclasm. ̃নিরঞ্জন, ̃বিসর্জন n. the ceremonial immersion of an idol. ̃পূজক n. an idolater, an iconolater, an image-worshipper. a. idolatrous. ̃পূজা n. idolatry, iconolatry, image-worship. ̃পূজাবিরোধী a. opposed to image-worship; iconoclastic. ̃শিল্প n. the art of making images. ̃শিল্পি n. the artist who makes an image. 10)

(p. 654) pēṭaka a wicker-basket; a portmanteau, a trunk, a suit-case; a chest. 133)

(p. 654) pējōmi baseness; roguishness, roguery, knavishness, knavery; mischiefmongering. পেজোমি করা v. to commit an act of roguery or knavery; to make a mischief. 131)

(p. 678) pratibhū a representative, a deputy, an agent, a substitute; a hostage. 7)

(p. 638) pāthurē of stone; made of stone (পাথুরে গেলাস); full of stones (পাথুরে দেশ); stone hard (পাথুরে মাটি); (fig.) unfeeling or undaunted or impregnable; stony. পাথুরে কয়লা stone coal, anthracite. 59)

(p. 672) pragātā a singer of Vedic hymns; a reciter of Vedic prayers; a singer or announcer. 6)

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

(p. 629) palānna a highly spiced dish of rice and meat boiled in clarified butter, pilau. 23)