(p. 633) pācana digestive; gastric. n. a medicinal decoction. 52)

(p. 601) pakṣiśikāra killing or shooting of birds, fowling. 30)

(p. 678) pratiṣēdha prohibition, forbiddance; prevention; an antidote; therapeutics; a therapeutical drug. প্রতিষিদ্ধ a. prohibited, forbidden. প্রতিষেধক a. prohibitive; preventive; prophylactic, therapeutical, antidotal. n. a therapeutical or antidotal drug; an antidote, a prophylactic. 29)

(p. 682) pradakṣiṇa (ori. & ritually) clockwise circumambulation round an object; act of going around something. প্রদক্ষিণ করা v. to circumambulate in a clockwise manner around something; to go round something. 12)

(p. 675) pratikṣaṇa every moment; always. 14)

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

(p. 692) prādēśika provincial (প্রাদেশিক স্বায়ত্বশাসন). প্রাদেশিকতা n. provincialism; parochialism; insularity. 47)

(p. 619) parājaẏa defeat. পরাজয় বরণ করা v. to court defeat. পরাজয় স্বীকার করা v. to acknowledge or own defeat; to give in, to yield. পরাজয়ের গ্লানি disgrace or ignominy or distress or anguish of defeat. 5)

(p. 696) prārambha beginning, commencement, outset, inception. প্রারম্ভিক a. of the beginning, initial. 7)

(p. 619) paripūraṇa repletion; act of repleting; fulfilment; completion; act of complementing. পরিপূরণ করা v. to replete; to fill up; to fulfil; to complete; to complement. 116)

(p. 619) parikalpaka a planner; a deviser; a designer; a planning officer. 37)

(p. 638) pāṭhya to be read; readable; prescribed for reading. ̃ক্রম n. a syllabus. ̃তালিকা n. a syllabus; a book-list. পাঠ্যনির্বাচন সমিতি the Text-Book Committee. ̃পুস্তক n. a text-book. ̃সূচি n. curriculum. পাঠ্যাবস্হা n. student life. 6)

(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. 692) prākkāla previous or former or preceding time; (pop.) immediately preceding time; eve. প্রাক্কালিক, প্রাক্কালীন a. former, previous. প্রাক্কালে adv. before; (pop.) on the eve of. 10)

(p. 615) parabrahma the Absolute Being, the Supreme Being, God. 47)