(p. 633) pākhalā rubbing and washing, scouring or rinsing (ধোয়া-পাখলা). পাখলানো. v. to rub and wash; to scour; to rinse. 40)

(p. 633) pāṭha reading, perusal; study; recitation; lesson; a reading of text (পুঁথির মূল পাঠ); a text-book. পাঠ করা v. to read, to peruse; to study; to reci.e. পাঠ তৈরি করা v. to learn or prepare one's lesson. পাঠ দেওয়া v. to give one a lesson. পাঠ নেওয়া v. to take lessons (from a teacher). পাঠক n. a reader; one who studies; a student, a pupil; a reciter; one who reads out or recites from scriptures; a professional narrator of mythological stories; a teacher, a reader. ̃গৃহ n. a reading-room, a study; a library. পাঠন n. teaching. ̃ক্রম n. a syllabus. ̃নিবিষ্ট, ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed in reading or study. ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির n. a reading-room, a study; a library; a school. ̃ভেদ same as পাঠান্তর । ̃রত a. engaged in reading or studying. ̃শালা n. a primary school. পাঠানুরাগ n. fondness for reading; devotion to study. পাঠানুরাগী a. fond of reading; devoted to study. পাঠান্তর n. another text or a different text or reading or version. পাঠাভ্যাস করা v. to learn one's lessons.

(p. 682) pradāna giving; bestowal; conferring; yielding; imparting. প্রদান করা v. to give; to bestow; to confer; to yield; to impart. 22)

(p. 633) pākānō to twist; to twirl; to ravel; to wring, to writhe (শরীর পাকানো); to wizen; to complicate (সে ব্যাপারটাকে পাকিয়েছে); to organize, to form (দল পাকানো); to cook, to ripen; to mature; to cause to turn grey; to cause to suppurate; to season; to make experienced or skilled; to harden; to deprave, to spoil, to make precocious. a. twisted; twirled; ravelled; wizened. 31)

(p. 675) pratipāda antipodal. ̃স্হান n. (geog.) the antipodes. 47)

(p. 667) pōṣṭā one who or that which brings up or rears or nourishes. 23)

(p. 629) palaka wink or blink (of eyes); a very short time, an instant, a moment; an eyelid. পলক পড়া v. (of eyes) to close, to wink, to blink. পলক ফেলা v. to wink, to blink. ̃পাত n. closing of eyelids. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. (of eyes) unwinking unblinking; (of sight or look) steadfast, fixed, winkless. পলকে পলকে every moment; in very quick succession. পলকে প্রলয় instant disaster (with little or no warning). পলকের মধ্যে, পলকে adv. in an instant, instantly; in the twinkling of an eye. 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. 665) pēẏa drinkable. n. anything drinkable; a drink. 15)

(p. 671) prakhara very sharp or cutting; very acute or keen (প্রখর বুদ্ধি); severe (প্রখর তাপ); harsh (প্রখর বাক্য); very strict (প্রখর শাসন). fem. প্রখরা । ̃তা n. great sharpness or keenness; severity; harshness; excessive strictness. 25)

(p. 601) pakṣīmāra a fowler. 32)

(p. 605) paṭīẏāna very expert or adroit; more expert or adroit. 17)

(p. 692) prāgādhunika pre-modern. 15)

(p. 696) plaba leaping or hopping; swimming; floating; a raft, a float. ̃কেন্দ্র n. the centre of buoyancy. ̃তা n. buoyancy. ̃ন n. swimming; floating; buoyancy; act of going by leaps, hopping. ̃মান a. floating, buoyant. ̃শক্তি n. buoyancy. 65)

(p. 647) picakāri a syringe; a squirt; a spray. 40)