(p. 675) pratikūla opposed; contrary; hostile, malignant; adverse; unfavourable. ̃তা n. opposition; contrariety; antagonism, hostility, malignancy; adverseness, disfavour. প্রতিকূলতা করা v. to oppose; to be hostile to; to antagonize. প্রতিকূলাচরণ n. opposition; antagonism, hostility. প্রতিকূলে prep. against. 9)

(p. 654) pṛṣṭha the back (of a human being or any other creature); the rear; the region of the back; the back part, the rear part; the hind part; surface, a face; (bot.) the dorsal surface. ঘূর্ণপৃষ্ঠ n. the surface of revolution. ̃টান n. (phys.) surface tension. ̃তল n. surface. ̃দেশ same as পৃষ্ঠ । ̃পোষাক n. one who stands at the back to give support; a supporter; an upholder; a patron; a customer; a client. ̃পোষকতা n. support; patronization. পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা করা v. to support; to uphold; to patronize. ̃পোষণ n. act of standing at the back to give support; act of supporting or upholding; patronization. ̃প্রদর্শন n. fleeing, flight. পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করা v. to flee, to take to one's heels, to run away. ̃প্রবাহ n. (geog.) a surface drift. ̃বংশ n. the backbone, the spinal or vertebral column, the spine. ̃ব্রণ n. a dorsal carbuncle. ̃ভঙ্গ n. act of fleeing (esp. after a defeat). ̃রক্ষক n. a bodyguard. পৃষ্ঠরক্ষা করা v. to protect or guard the rear; to act as a bodyguard to. ̃লেখ n. an endorsement. 120)

(p. 618) paraśu2 a battle-axe; a scimitar. ̃রাম n. the sixth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) who carried a battle-axe with which he exterminated kshatriyas (ক্ষত্রিয়) from the face of the earth for twenty-one times. 5)

(p. 667) pōsṭa1 the postal system, post; mail (আজকের পোস্টের চিঠি); an office or appointment, a post (ক্লার্কের পোস্ট). 26)

(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. 625) parisraba (biol.) placenta. 47)

(p. 615) parapati another's husband; the Supreme Lord, God ('তোরা পরপতি সনে সদাই গোপনে সতত করিবি লেহা'). 32)

(p. 633) pācikā of পাচক । 57)

(p. 647) pāṣāṇa stone; a weight put on a scalepan to adjust or equipoise a beam of balance; (fig.) a stone-hearted man (তুমি পাষাণ). a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) made of stone; of stone; stonelike; unfeeling, pitiless; stone-hearted (পাষাণ বাপ); callous (শোকে শোকে পাষাণ). ̃তুল্য a. stone-like, stony; (fig.) unfeeling, insensate; immobile, unmoved, still. ̃প্রচীর n. a stone-wall. ̃-বিদারক a. same as পাষাণভেদী । ̃ভার n. a weight as heavy as stone. ̃ভেদী a. able to pierce even stone; heart-rending. ̃মূর্তি n. a stone image, a statue of stone. ̃হৃদয় a. stone-hearted; pitiless. পাষাণী n. fem. a stone-hearted woman. 18)

(p. 673) prajbālana act of causing to burn strongly; inflaming; enkindling, ignition, lighting; (fig.) act of exciting or rousing. 14)

(p. 606) paḍ়śi a neighbour. 10)

(p. 606) paṇa a promise, a resolve (পণ রক্ষা); a wager, a stake, a bet (পাশাখেলার পণ); price (প্রাণপণ); a condition or term, a stipulation (ধনুকভাঙা পণ); compulsory dowry (esp, what is given to a bridegroom), marriage-money; a commodity; a measure of counting (= 2 গন্ডা). পণ করা v. to resolve. পণ দেওয়া v. to pay the dowry, to pay the bridegroom (or the bride) compulsory dowry or marriage-money. পণ ধরা, পণ রাখা v. to lay a wager, to bet, to stake. পণ নেওয়া v. to exact compulsory dowry or marriage-money. কন্যাপণ n. compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride. বরপণ compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bridegroom. ̃কর n. betting tax. ̃কিয়া n. a table of reckoning by pans (পণ). ̃প্রথা n. the system of exacting dowry or marriage-money; (coll.) dowry system. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under pledge of. 17)

(p. 682) pradarśaka showing; exhibiting; displaying; demonstrating. n. one who shows; one who shows one round, a guide; an exhibitor, a displayer; a demonstrator. 16)

(p. 665) pēẏālā a drinking cup, a goblet. 21)

(p. 633) pākalānō (poet. & obs.) to redden ('চক্ষু পাকলিয়া বলে'). 27)