(p. 605) paṭabhūmi background. 5)

(p. 684) prabhu a master, a lord; an overlord; an employer; a husband; an owner; a king; God; a superman; a holy or very reverend man. প্রভুতা, প্রভুত্ব n. mastery, authority; predominance; overlordship, supremacy; ownership; sovereignty, rule. প্রভুত্ব করা v. to lord it over; to rule, to govern. ̃ব্যঞ্জক a. imperious; authoritative; peremptory; domineering; bossy. ̃পত্নী n. fem. a mistress. ̃পরায়ণ same as প্রভুভক্ত । ̃পাদ n. a title of honour affixed to the names of the religious teachers of Vaishnavas (বৈষ্ণব). ̃ভক্ত a. devoted or faithful to one's master; loyal. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion or faithfulness to one's master; loyalty. ̃শক্তি n. governmental power or authority, ruling power; domination, dominance; authority; influence. 37)

(p. 605) paṭāsa expressing: a loud পট্ sound. 13)

(p. 665) pēṣaṇi, pēṣaṇī a mortar and a pestle; a grindstone, a mill-stone. 41)

(p. 682) prathita famous, celebrated. ̃নামা a. one whose name is famous; renowned; widely famous. ̃যশা a. widely famous, renowned. 10)

(p. 642) pāẏajāmā slacks, pyjamas. 40)

(p. 675) pratipraśna a counter-question. 61)

(p. 684) pramathēśa the lord of Pramathas (প্রমথ); Shiva (শিব). 45)

(p. 614) paẏāra a metrical system of Bengali poetry in which each line consists of fourteen letters or syllables; a verse composed in this metre. 12)

(p. 606) -panā denoting: showy or feverish practice or imitation, -ness (গিন্নিপনা, গুনপনা). 70)

(p. 654) puli2 a kind of sweet roll. 69)

(p. 688) pralamba an aerial root or a branch of a tree; anything creeping or hanging. প্রলম্বন n. creeping; hanging, suspension; prolongation. ̃বিন্দু n. (phys.) a point of suspension. প্রলম্বিত a. hanging, suspended; pendent; prolonged; creeping. প্রলম্বিত করা v. to hang, to suspend; to prolong. 6)

(p. 669) pauṣa Paus, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar from mid December to mid January. ̃পার্বণ n. the festival of preparing and offering sweet pies made of new rice on the last day of the month of Paus. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. the last day of the month of Paus. পৌষালি a. relating to or grown in or performed in the month of Paus. 6)

(p. 669) prakāśa revelation, exposition (রহস্য প্রকাশ, অর্থপ্রকাশ); demonstration, display, expression (দুঃখ প্রকাশ); suggestion, prognostication; appearance (আত্মপ্রকাশ); rise (সূর্যের প্রকাশ); efflorescence, blooming (ফুলের প্রকাশ); publication (গ্রন্হপ্রকাশ); disclosure, divulgation, divulging (গুপ্তকথা প্রকাশ); a. revealed, transpired; (journ.) stated (প্রকাশ যে = it is stated that). প্রকাশ করা v. to reveal, to expose; to demonstrate, to display, to express; to suggest, to prognosticate; to cause to appear or rise or bloom; to declare, to announce; to publish; to disclose, to divulge. প্রকাশ পাওয়া, প্রকাশ হওয়া v. to be revealed or exposed; to transpire; to come to light; to appear; to rise; to bloom; to be published. প্রকাশক a. revealing, exposing; demonstrating, displaying, expressing; suggesting; prognosticating; causing to appear or rise or bloom; declaring, announcing; publishing; disclosing, divulging. n. a revealer, an exposer; a demonstrator, a displayer, one who or that which expresses or suggests; a prognosticator; one who or that which causes to appear or rise or bloom; a declarer, an announcer; one who discloses and divulges; a publisher (esp. of books). fem. প্রকাশিকা । প্রকাশক সংঘ n. publishers' association or guild. প্রকাশন, প্রকাশনা n. publication (of books). ̃নালয় n. a publishing house. ̃নীয় a. that which can be or is to be revealed or demonstrated or published or disclosed; worth publishing. ̃মান a. appearing, rising, blooming; in the state of being revealed or published. ̃যোগ্য a. fit to be published; fit to be made public or open. প্রকাশিত a. revealed, exposed; transpired; demonstrated, displayed, expressed; suggested, prognosticated; risen, bloomed; declared, announced; published; disclosed, divulged; (journ.) stated. প্রকাশিতব্য a. that which is to be revealed or published; fit for or worthy of publication. প্রকাশ্য n. that which can be or is to be or will be revealed or demonstrated or suggested or announced or published; under publication; soon to be made known (ক্রমশ প্রকাশ্য); open to the public (প্রকাশ্য অধিবেশন); public (প্রকাশ্য স্হান); open (প্রকাশ্য আলোচনা). প্রকাশ্য দিবালোকে in broad daylight. প্রকাশ্যে, প্রকাশ্যত adv. publicly, into the open. 35)

(p. 606) patrāṅka (of a book) page-number, pagemark. পত্রাঙ্কন n. pagination. পত্রাঙ্কিত a. paginated. পত্রাঙ্কিত করা, পত্রাঙ্ক দেওয়া v. to paginate, to page. 36)