(p. 625) parīkṣā a test; an examination; a trial; an ordeal (অগ্নিপরীক্ষা); a cross-examination; an investigation; an experiment; foretelling, divination, reading (হস্তরেখা পরীক্ষা) ; অদৃষ্টপরীক্ষা, ভাগ্যপরীক্ষা n. fortune-telling; act of seeking fortune. পরীক্ষা করা v. to test; to examine; to try; to test by an ordeal; to cross examine; to investigate; to experiment; to divine. পরীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to appear at an examination; to take an examination; to undergo a trial; to submit to an ordeal. পরীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to examine, to test; to hold an examination; to test by an examination. পরীক্ষায় উতরে যাওয়া v. to stand a test or scrutiny. ̃গার, ̃গৃহ, ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির, ̃শালা n. an examination-hall; a laboratory. ̃ধীন a. subject to or under examination or trial or test or investigation or experiment. ̃র্থী a. appearing at an examination. n. an examinee. fem. পরীক্ষার্থিনী । 56)

(p. 606) panḍita learned, erudite; au fait, versed; wise; experienced; expert, skilled. n. a teacher of Bengali and Sanskrit literature and language, a pundit. ̃চূড়ামণি n. (lit. and fig.) the most precious jewel amongst learned men; the most learned man. ̃প্রবর, ̃বর same as পন্ডিতশ্রেষ্ঠ । ̃মন্ডলী n. an assembly of learned people; the learned community, the intelligentsia. ̃মুর্খ a. versed in bookish learning but bereft of common sense, learned but unpractical; a wise fool, a wiseacre. n. such a man, a learned fool, a pedant. ̃মানী same as পন্ডিতম্নন্য । ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ a. most learned. n. the most learned man. পন্ডিতম্নন্য, পন্ডিতাভিমানী a. one who unduly assumes an air of (superior) learning or wisdom. পন্ডিতম্নন্য ব্যক্তি a wiseacre. পন্ডিতি n. the post or office of a teacher of Sanskrit and Bengali; (sarcas). wisdom or learning (পন্ডিতি ফলানো). a. of or like ancient pundits (পন্ডিতি চালচলন); abounding in Sanskrit words and strictly following rules of Sanskrit grammar পন্ডিতি ভাষা. 20)

(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. 614) para4 another, other, different; unrelated, not one's relation or kindred (সে আমার পর নয়); supreme, chief, best, absolute (পরব্রক্ষ্ম). n. an enemy, a foe (পরন্তপ); a person who is not present on the spot, a third person (পরচর্চা); one who is not a kindred, a stranger পরভৃত্; God. adv. then, after (অতঃপর, পরবর্তী). পরের ধনে পোদ্দারি করা (fig.) to spend another's money as one's own; (fig.) a steward brags of the property he looks after as if it were his own. 19)

(p. 644) pāramāṇaba, pāramāṇabika atomic. 9)

(p. 692) prājña learned; wise, prudent. fem. প্রাজ্ঞা । ̃তা n. learning, wisdom; prudence. 28)

(p. 681) pratyukti an answer, a reply; a retort. 30)

(p. 638) pāṭhāna a Pathan, an Afghan. 3)

(p. 638) pāta2 a leaf (as of a tree or book); a sheet or foil (of metal); a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) used as a dinnerplate. পাত করা v. to arrange for dinner by laying leaves of banana or sal; to lay the table; to flatten into a sheet (লোহা পিটিয়ে পাত করা). ̃কুড়ানি n. fem. one who eats others' leavings; one who stills hunger by eating others' leavings. পাত কাটা v. to eat off another's table like a beggar; (fig.) to importune cringingly for another's favour, to fawn on. পাত পাড়া v. (usu. dero.) to enjoy another's hospitality. ̃চাটা a. given to eating off another's table; (fig.) cringingly importuning for another's favour, currying favour (with). 26)

(p. 673) prajana breeding (of cattle). 3)

(p. 619) parārtha the good or interest or need of others or another. ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ a. devoted to doing good to others, devoted to serving the interest or need of others; altruistic. fem. ̃পরায়ণা । ̃পরতা n. devotion to do good to others, devotion to serve the interest or need of others; benevolence; altruism. ̃বাদ, পরার্থিতা n. altruism. পরার্থে adv. for the sake of others or another. 26)

(p. 625) pariśīlana practice, study, cultivation; an embrace; anointment. পরিশীলিত a. practised, studied, cultivated; refined; sophisticated; embraced; anointed. 23)

(p. 647) pichānō to fall back; to recoil, to flinch; to back out; to retreat, to beat a retreat; to move (towards one's) back; to put off or be put off, to postpone or be postponed, to defer or be deferred. 45)

(p. 601) pañcāẏēta a village council (ori. consisting of five members), a panchayet. পঞ্চায়েতি n. work or arbitration of a panchayet; councilship of a panchayet. a. relating to a panchayet. 56)

(p. 619) paribartana exchange; barter; change; alteration; modification; transformation; a change in circumstances; metamorphosis; conversion; rotation; recession; return. পরিবর্তন করা v. to exchange; to barter; to change; to alter; to modify; to transform; to effect a change in circumstances; to metamorphose; to convert; to rotate; to recede; to return. ̃বিমুখ a. not ready or willing to change; averse to change, conservatism. ̃বিমুখতা n. unwillingness to change; conservatism. ̃শীল a. changeful; changing; full of vicissitude or variety; metamorphic. পরিবর্তনীয় a. exchangeable; that which can be or is to be bartered; changeable; alterable; modifiable; transformable; capable of suffering a change in circumstances; metamorphic; convertible. পরিবর্তিত a. exchanged; bartered; changed; altered; modified; transformed; metamorphosed; converted; rotated; returned. পরিবর্তী a. changeful; (sc.) alternating. পরিবর্তী মোক্ষণ oscillatory discharge. 127)