(p. 652) piśāca a necrophagous evil spirit, a ghoul; (fig.) a man of vile or cruel or nauseating or abominable nature. fem. পিশাচী, (inc.) পিশাচিনী । ̃তত্ত্ব n. demonology. ̃সিদ্ধ a. one who has made a ghoul one's slave by means of rigorous ascetic practices. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । 4)

(p. 654) purānō1 old; ancient; aged; backdated (পুরানো রীতি). 46)

(p. 601) pañcāṅka having five acts, five-act (পঞ্চাঙ্ক নাটক). 52)

(p. 665) pēśala beautiful, charming; (inc. but pop.) muscular, thewy, robust; brawny. 32)

(p. 647) pāṣaṇḍa atheistic, godless; heretical; inveterately sinful; extremely wicked and hard-hearted. n. an atheist, a godless person; a heretic; an inveterate sinner; an extremely wicked and hardhearted person. 17)

(p. 631) pasāri a shopkeeper, a seller, a dealer; a pedlar. fem. পসারিনি । 13)

(p. 647) pāśa3 an ancient Indian missile by throwing which an adversary could be fastened (cp. lasso); a tie, a noose, a bond, bondage (ভুজপাশ, স্নেহপাশ); a trap, a snare (মায়াপাশ); a string, a rope; a bunch or tuft of longish things (কেশপাশ). 4)

(p. 672) pracaẏa culling; collection; accumulation; a multitude; increase; multiplication. 10)

(p. 684) prabhāta morning; daybreak. প্রভাত হওয়া v. to dawn. এখন প্রভাত it is morning. ̃কাল n. the morning-time, morning. ̃ফেরি n. singing awakening songs in procession through the streets of a town or village. ̃রাগ n. the morning glow. প্রভাত হয়েছে it is dawn. প্রভাতী, প্রভাতি a. of the morning. n. a morning song or glorification, a matin. প্রভাতে মেঘডম্বরঃ (fig.) great cry but little wool. 35)

(p. 654) pēkhama a peacock's plumage or tail esp. when expanded or spread out like a fan at the time of dancing. পেখম ধরা, পেখম ফোলানো v. (of a peacock) to expand or distend one's plumage or tail (when dancing); (fig.) to be beside oneself with joy, to be foolishly ostentatious in dress, to be vainglorious, to peacock. 127)

(p. 654) putali a puppet, a doll, a marionette; a favourite or pet (স্নেহের পুতলি); the pupil of the eye, the apple of the eye (নয়নপুতলি). 15)

(p. 665) pēru the turkey. 24)

(p. 692) prābṛṭa, prābṛṣā the rainy season, the rains. প্রাবৃষিক, প্রাবৃষ্য a. of the rainy season. 63)

(p. 678) pratilēkha act of copying; transcription; a transcript, a copy. প্রতিলেখক n. a copyist. প্রতিলেখন n. copying. 23)

(p. 654) purānō2 to fulfil, to satisfy; to fill. 47)