(p. 678) pratilēkha act of copying; transcription; a transcript, a copy. প্রতিলেখক n. a copyist. প্রতিলেখন n. copying. 23)

(p. 688) praśasta praiseworthy, commendable; best, excellent; most suitable, fittest (প্রশস্ত উপায়); auspicious (প্রশস্ত সময়); magnanimous, liberal (প্রশস্ত হৃদয়); wide, broad (চারহাত পরিমাণ প্রশস্ত); spacious, roomy (প্রশস্ত কক্ষ). ̃তা n. praiseworthiness; excellence; suitability; fitness; auspiciousness; magnanimity, liberality; width, breadth; spacious. 20)

(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. 601) pacāla (dial.) useless garrulous or idle talk or scandal. পচাল পাড়া v. to indulge in useless garrulous talk or scandal, to be talkative, to have a long tongue. 48)

(p. 673) prajā created beings, creatures; offspring, progeny, a descendant; citizens collectively, the people; a citizen; a tenant, a ryot; a subject; the public. ̃তন্ত্র n. a republic. ̃তন্ত্রী a. republican. ̃পতি n. (myth.) the creator or protector of all living creatures; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); any one of the ten sons of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); the butterfly. প্রজাপতির নির্বন্ধ an ordinance or regulation of the creator or protector of living creatures; (loos.) predestination in marriage. ̃পালক n. a ruler, a king. ̃পালন n. act of protecting or ruling the people. প্রজাপালন করা v. to rule over and look after the people. ̃পীড়ক a. oppressive, tyrannical. n. an oppressor; a tyrant. ̃পীড়ন n. oppression of subjects, tyranny. ̃বতী a. fem. having children or offspring. ̃বর্গ n. the whole body of subjects or citizens, the people; the tenantry. ̃বিলি n. act or system of leasing out land and houses on fixed rents and terms. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. multiplication of a race; increase or growth of population. ̃রঞ্জন n. endeavour to please the people or subjects. a. devoted to please the people or subjects. ̃শক্তি n. (pol.) the power of the people of a state, the popular power. ̃স্বত্ব n. the right of a subject (to land); the right of the people (to land). ̃হিত n. the wellbeing or good of the subjects. 6)

(p. 619) paripatra a circular. 106)

(p. 631) pāōẏā to get; to receive চিঠি পাওয়া; to obtain (মুক্তি পাওয়া); to find (চাকরি পাওয়া); to earn or gain (টাকা পাওয়া); to attain, to realize (সিদ্ধি পাওয়া): to come or happen (দেখতে পাওয়া); to have (দেখা পাওয়া); to be able (শুনতে পাওয়া); to inherit (বাপের স্বভাব পাওয়া); to feel or to be stricken with (খিদে পাওয়া); to feel like (কান্না পাওয়া); to enjoy (আরাম পাওয়া); to sense, to be aware of (টের পাওয়া); to be possessed by (ভূতে পাওয়া). a. obtained, earned (পাওয়া জিনিস); possessed by (ভূতেপাওয়া লোক). পড়ে পাওয়া to get by chance. জো পাওয়া to get an opportunity (for gain etc.) পাওয়ানো v. to cause to get or obtain or find or earn or gain or attain or inherit or be stricken with or feel like or feel or be possessed by. 27)

(p. 669) pyārāśuṭa parachute. 21)

(p. 680) pratyanta lying on or adjoining the border, bordering (on), contiguous, neighbouring. n. the border; the frontier region, the frontier; (in the Puranas) the land of Mlechhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ̃পর্বত n. a hillock beside a mountain. ̃প্রদেশ n. a neighbouring country; the frontier; outskirts. ̃বাসী a. dwelling on the outskirts of a town or village or country; dwelling on a frontier. 19)

(p. 692) prātarbākya the first words uttered on waking in the morning. 35)

(p. 692) prācī the east; the eastern hemisphere; the eastern world, the Orient. 21)

(p. 654) purōbhūmi the foreground. 62)

(p. 649) piṭhā a sweet pie, a kind of cake. 13)

(p. 619) paridṛśyamāna visible all around; thoroughly visible; manifest. 98)

(p. 625) pariyāẏī trafficking; itinerant; migratory. 15)