(p. 688) prahāra a beating or striking; a blow, a stroke; (dial.) trouble or punishment. প্রহার করা v. to beat; to strike. প্রহার দেওয়া v. to give one a thrashing or licking. ̃ক, ̃কর্তা a. & n. one who beats or strikes. fem. ˜কর্ত্রী । 72)

(p. 638) pāṇḍaba, pāṇḍabēẏa a son of King Pandu of the Mahabharata. পঞ্চপাণ্ডব n. the five sons of King Pandu collectively; (fig.) a set of five persons, a quintette. পাণ্ডববর্জিত a. (of lands and countries) not habitable or worth visiting because avoided even by the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) during their sojourn; (pop.) uninhabited. পাণ্ডবসখা n. a friend of the Pandavas; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 20)

(p. 645) pārbaṇa obsequies to be performed on certain lunar days; (usu. পার্বণশ্রাদ্ধ); a fast, a festival, a festive day (পৌষপার্বণ). পার্বণী n. a present or tip given on feast days (esp. to servants and employees). 2)

(p. 681) pratyaha everyday; daily; day by day; per diem. 9)

(p. 681) pratyāharaṇa, pratyāhāra withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal; (phil.) abstraction. প্রত্যাহরণ করা, প্রত্যাহার করা v. to withdraw; to retract; to revoke, to rescind; to repeal. 28)

(p. 650) pindhana (poet. & obs.) act of putting on or wearing. 19)

(p. 629) paścātpada retreated; withdrawn; turned back; lagging behind. পশ্চাত্পদ হওয়া v. to retreat; to withdraw; to turn back; to lag behind. 44)

(p. 665) pēśa act of presenting or placing before. পেশ করা v. to present or place before; to submit; to put up; to table. 30)

(p. 645) pālana upbringing, rearing (সন্তানপালন); nursing or fostering (পরের সন্তান পালন); maintenance (পোষ্যপালন); keeping, breeding, tending (পশুপালন); nourishment (শরীরপালন); protection, preservation, defence (রাজ্যপালন, ধর্মপালন); observance, compliance (নিয়মপালন, আদেশপালন); fulfilment (প্রতিশ্রুতিপালন). পালন করা v. to bring up, to rear; to foster or nurse; to maintain; to keep, to breed, to tend, to fancy; to nourish; to protect, to preserve, to guard, to defend; to observe, to comply (with); to fulfil. ̃কর্তা n. same as পালক2 (n.). fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । পালনীয় a. to be brought up or reared or nursed or fostered or maintained or kept or bred or nourished or protected or preserved or defended or observed or complied (with) or fulfilled or carried out. 21)

(p. 696) prēẏa desired; dear; to one's liking, agreeable. 37)

(p. 642) pābaka fire. a. purifying; sanctifying. 33)

(p. 625) parīkṣāmūlaka experimental. 57)

(p. 688) prastara stone; rock; pebble; fossil; a jewel. ̃তুল্য a. stone-like, stony; (fig.) very hard, motionless, unfeeling. ̃নির্মিত a. made of stone, stony. ̃ফলক n. a stone slab. ̃ময় a. stony, rocky; made of stone. ̃মূর্তি n. a stone statue. ̃মূর্তিবত্ a. statuesque; (fig.) motionless or unperturbed. ̃যুগ n. the Stone Age. প্রস্তরীভূত a. petrified; fossilized. 52)

(p. 601) pañcēndriẏa the five sense-organs collectively, namely, the eye(s), the nose, the tongue, the skin. 60)

(p. 606) padmākṣa lotus-eyed. n. the lotus-seed. 61)