(p. 601) pakṣākāra, pakṣākṛti wing-shaped, feather-shaped; fin-shaped; pinnate. 17)

(p. 601) pañcānanda a traditional deity of Bengal; (loos.) Shiva (শিব). 54)

(p. 606) padabi a title, an appellation; a nickname; a family name, a surname. 52)

(p. 619) paribarta exchange; barter; a substitute. পরিবর্ত বিবাহ marrying a girl into a family and receiving one in marriage from it, inter-marriage. ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which exchanges or barters or changes or alters or modifies or transforms or effects a change in circumstances or metamorphoses or converts or rotates or recedes or returns. ˜মান a. changing. 126)

(p. 688) pralipta coated or smeared (with); involved or implicated (in); engaged or employed (in). 9)

(p. 678) pratilipi a replica, a facsimile, a transcript, a copy. 22)

(p. 654) pūrabī an Indian Musical mode. 99)

(p. 667) pōrṭamyānaṭō a portmanteau. 13)

(p. 644) pāriśramika remuneration, fee. 32)

(p. 638) pātra a pot, a vessel, a utensil, a container; a minister, a counsellor; a deserving man or an object (প্রশংসার পাত্র); a man, a fellow (ভবি ভোলার পাত্র নয়); a male character in a play; bridegroom; a prospective bridegroom. পাত্র দেখা v. to interview a prospective bridegroom for selection; to choose a bridegroom. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's people or party. ̃মিত্র n. pl. (a monarch's) courtiers and friends. ̃স্হ a. lying on or contained in a pot or vessel; (of a girl) wedded, married. পাত্রস্হ করা v. to give (a girl) in marriage, to marry, to wed. পাত্রাপাত্র n. deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রাপাত্রবিচার n. discrimination between deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রী n. fem. a deserving woman or a female object; a female character in a play; a bride; a prospective bride. পাত্রী দেখা v. to interview a prospective bride for selection; to choose a bride. পাত্রীপক্ষ n. the bride's people or party. যোগ্যপাত্র n. a deserving person; a worthy groom. যোগ্যপাত্রী n. a worthy bride. সত্পাত্র n. same as যোগ্যপাত্র । 55)

(p. 684) prabara (chiefly used as a sfx.) best, excellent (ধার্মিকপ্রবর). n. a line of descent, descent; the originating saint of a line of descent. প্রবর সমিতি select committee. 8)

(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. 678) pratiyōjana (bot.) adaptation. 16)

(p. 644) pārasi the language of Persia, Persian; a Parsee, a Parasi; a Persian. a. Persian; of the Parsees (পারসি শাড়ি). পারসিক a. Persian, Iranian. n. a Persian, an Iranian. 15)

(p. 688) praśaṃsā praise, commendation extolment, laudation, admiration, eulogy, applause; fame. প্রশংসা করা v. to praise, to commend, to extol, to laud, to admire, to eulogize, to applaud. ̃পত্র n. a certificate of merit; a written address of honour or felicitation. ̃বাক্য ̃বাদ n. a compliment; a eulogy. ̃ভাজন n. an object of praise; a praiseworthy person. ̃মূলক a. commendatory, laudatory, eulogistic. ̃র্হ a. praiseworthy, commendable, laudable. ̃সূচক same as প্রশংসামূলক । 17)