(p. 688) praśāsana administration. প্রশাসনিক a. administrative. প্রশাসন-আধিকারিক n. administrative officer. প্রশাসনিক কৃত্য administrative function. প্রশাসন-কৃত্যক n. administrative service. 26)

(p. 654) purāṇa a myth or mythology (esp. of Hindus). a. ancient; primordial (পুরাণ পুরুষ). ̃কর্তা, ̃কার n. an author of a mythology. ̃পুরুষ n. God. ̃প্রসিদ্ধি n. mention in the Puranas or mythology; long-standing fame. 41)

(p. 647) pāśā2 (playing) dice. ̃খেলা n. dice-play. পাশা খেলা v. to play at dice, to cast or throw dice. 11)

(p. 642) pāẏasa, pāẏasānna a sweet dish prepared by boiling rice in milk with sugar and other ingredients, sweet rice-porridge, (cp. frumenty). 43)

(p. 654) puñja an accumulation, a collection, a heap, a pile, a mass, a multitude; a crowd. ̃মেঘ n. see under মেঘ । পুঞ্জিত, পুঞ্জীভূত a. accumulated, collected, piled up; amassed; crowded, thronged. পুঞ্জীকৃত a. that which has been accumulated or collected or piled up or amassed. 2)

(p. 625) pariśōdha repayment (as of a debt); (fig.) revenge or retaliation. পরিশোধ করা v. to repay, to pay off, to pay back; (fig.) to avenge or retaliate. 27)

(p. 665) pēṣaka one who or that which pulps or grinds or presses. 37)

(p. 688) praśna a question; a query; interrogation; inquiry; a point at issue; a problem (বাঁচার প্রশ্ন); a disputed point. প্রশ্ন করা v. to question; to ask; to inquire; to interrogate; to set questions (as for examinees). ̃কর্তা n. a questioner; an inquirer; an interrogator; one who sets questions (as for examinees); a papersetter. fem. প্রশ্নকর্ত্রী । ̃পত্র n. a set of questions for the examinees, a paper. ̃বাণ n. questions that pierce or hurt like shafts or darts or arrows or missiles, questions piercing as a shaft, embarrassing or piercing questions. প্রশ্নবাণে জর্জরিত করা to ask too many or volleys of troublesome questions, to heckle. ̃বোধক a. denoting or signifying a question. ̃বোধক চিহ্ন n. note or sign of interrogation. ̃মালা n. a set of questions; (loos.) an exercise (for students). প্রশ্নোত্তর n. a question and its answer; a catechism. প্রশ্নত্তরী n. a catechism. 29)

(p. 629) palaṭi (imperf.) turning back. 12)

(p. 615) paradbēṣa malice, ill-will, spite. পরদ্বেষী, পরদ্বেষ্টা a. malicious, bearing ill-will, spiteful. fem. পরদ্বেষিণী । 20)

(p. 625) parīkṣita tested; examined; tried; investigated; experimented. 59)

(p. 619) pari1 denoting: thoroughness, expensiveness, excessiveness, especiality, opposition, decrial etc. 33)

(p. 654) pulindā a packet or bundle or parcel (esp. a small one). 71)

(p. 688) prahṛta beaten, smitten; struck. 73)

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