(p. 654) puraskāra a reward; a prize; remuneration; meed; cordial reception, welcome ('বসাইলা আসনে তারে করি পুরস্কার'); honour, felicitation. পুরস্কার দেওয়া v. to reward. 34)

(p. 671) prakrama beginning, commencement. 13)

(p. 665) pēẏē basā to get advantage; to catch one on the hip. 23)

(p. 687) praẏāsa an effort, an endeavour; a hard effort; toil; a desire. প্রয়াস করা v. to endeavour; to try or endeavour hard; to toil; to desire. প্রয়াস পাওয়া v. to endeavour; to make a hard attempt, to make a sincere and earnest effort; to toil. প্রয়াসী a. endeavouring; toiling hard; desirous. 17)

(p. 606) paṇya that which is to be or can be sold, marketable, saleable, salable. n. a commodity, an article for traffic, (pl.) merchandise; price, cost, charge, fare. ̃জীবী a. living on or engaged in trade or business. n. a trader, a tradesman, a merchant, a businessman; a dealer. ̃দ্রব্য n. a commodity; (pl.) merchandise, wares. ̃বীথি, ̃বীথী, ̃বীথিকা n. a row of shops; a market. ̃শালা n. a shop; a departmental store; a market; a manufactory. ̃স্ত্রী n. a woman of the street, a prostitute, a harlot. পণ্যাগার n. a warehouse. পণ্যাঙ্গনা same as ̃স্ত্রী । পণ্যাজীব same as ̃জীবী । 21)

(p. 606) paḍ়śi a neighbour. 10)

(p. 619) parigṛhīta solemnly taken, accepted; put on; won; assumed. 52)

(p. 649) piṭha the back; the rear; immediate succession (পিঠে পিঠে); a surface or face (এপিঠ ওপিঠ); (in a game of cards) a trick. পিঠ চাপড়ানো v. to pat on the back; to drum one's back lightly, (idio.) to encourage patronizingly or with an air of superiority. পিঠের চামড়া তোলা v. to flog severely. পিঠে পিঠে back to back; on the back of; immediately succeeding in birth, born next. 12)

(p. 654) purōyāẏī preceding; leading; inaugurating or founding. 63)

(p. 667) pōṣānō to be sufficient for, to serve one's purpose, to suffice (এ টাকায় পোষাবে না); to agree with, to pull on well with (তার সঙ্গে আমার পোষাবে না); to cause to bring up or rear; to pay for or compensate (লোকসান পোষানো); to be able to bear or tolerate (এ শরীরে এত খাটুনি পোষায় না). পোষানি n. act of making another rear one's domestic animals. 22)

(p. 644) pārthiba earthly, worldly, mundane; material. n. a king.

(p. 688) prasanna satisfied, pleased; delighted, glad, happy; gracious, propitious, favourable; clear, limpid, transparent (প্রসন্নসলিলা); calm and happy, complacent, bright (প্রসন্ন বদন). fem. প্রসন্না । ̃তা n. satisfied or pleased state; complacence, complacency; delightedness, gladness, happiness; graciousness, propitiousness, favourableness; clarity, limpidity, transparence; brightness. প্রসন্ন হওয়া v. to be pleased, to smile upon. 34)

(p. 671) prakōpa virulence, severity (জ্বরের প্রকোপ); excess (পিত্তের প্রকোপ); violent outbreak (কলেরার প্রকোপ); great anger, rage; great excitement. ̃ন n. excitation, excitement; provocation; enragement. প্রকোপিত a. excited; provoked; enraged; (of a disease etc.) grown virulent, aggravated; (of an epidemic etc.) violently broken out. প্রকোপিত হওয়া v. to be excited or provoked or enraged; to grow virulent, to aggravate; to break out violently. 10)

(p. 696) prēsa a printing-house, a press. 48)

(p. 631) pāuruṭi bread baked in the European fashion. একটা গোটা পাউরুটি a loaf of bread. এক টুকরো পাউরুটি a piece or slice of bread. 25)