(p. 688) praśākhā a branchlet; an offshoot. 23)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā2 a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোয়ালপাড়া). পাড়া বেড়ানো. v. to stroll about idly in the neighbourhood, to go round the locality. 13)

(p. 629) palastārā a plaster (esp. one composed of slaked lime, sand and hair, and used for coating walls etc.). পলস্তারা দেওয়া বা লাগানো v. to plaster. 17)

(p. 625) parisara extent; area; limit, boundary, end; width, breadth. 42)

(p. 684) pramadā a charming woman; a woman. 46)

(p. 615) paracchidra another's fault or weak point. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষণ n. fault-finding; captiousness. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষণ করা v. to find fault with others, to seek a hole in another's coat. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষী a. fault-finding; captious. fem. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষিণী । 9)

(p. 696) prēkṣita seen; watched; observed; (loos.) seen and heard. 33)

(p. 614) paẏasā a pice (= 1/1 rupee; formerly 1/64 rupee); money (বাবুগিরির পয়সা); wealth. পয়সা করা v. to acquire or earn wealth, to make money; to amass money or heap up riches. ̃ওয়ালা a. moneyed, wealthy, rich. ̃কড়ি n. cash money; wealth. আধ-পয়সা n. half-apice. সিকি পয়সা a quarter pice. পয়সার কাজ work that yields money, profitable work. 9)

(p. 601) paṅka soft mud, clay; filth; (geog.) silt; (bio.) protoplasm; a paste (চন্দনপঙ্ক); (fig.) vice; (archi.) finial. ̃জ a. born of or grown in soft mud, clay-born. n. the lotus, the water-lily. fem. ̃জা । ̃নয়ন, ̃নেত্র a. lotus-eyed. fem. ̃নয়না । ̃জিনী n. a pond in which lotuses grow, a lotus-pool; a clump or cluster of lotuses, a collection of lotuses. ̃ময়, পঙ্কিল a. full of soft mud, miry, muddy; turbid; filthy; vicious. ̃রুহ n. lotus. পঙ্কিলতা n. muddiness, miriness; turbidity; filthiness; viciousness. পঙ্কোদ্ধার n. dredging (as a river) (fig.); cleansing or purification; correction; act of bringing into order out of an intolerable or intricate mess; (fig.) reclamation from vice. পঙ্কোদ্ধার করা v. to dredge; (fig.) to bring into order out of an intolerable or intricate mess; (fig.) to reclaim from vice. 38)

(p. 619) parāta a large tray or saucer (usu. made of metal). 9)

(p. 650) pitā father. ̃মহ n. one's father's father or uncle, a grandfather or a granduncle; an appellation of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). ̃মহী n. fem. one's father's mother or aunt, a grandmother or a grand-aunt. 6)

(p. 633) pāṭisāpaṭā a kind of sweet patty or pie. 90)

(p. 628) paryaṭana (wide) travel, perigrination, tour. পর্যটন করা v. to travel (widely), to perigrinate, to tour. 10)

(p. 618) paraśramajībī living upon the labour of others; living by exploitation; parasitic. 7)

(p. 678) pratisāraṇa removal; withdrawal. প্রতিসারণ করা v. to remove; to draw or lead away, to withdraw. 37)