(p. 666) paiśuna, paiśunya scandal-mongering, talebearing; malice, cruelty; villainy. 5)

(p. 647) pica4 a black residue of distillation of tar, pitch. ̃-ঢালা a. pitched, tarred (পিচ ঢালা রাস্তা). পিচ দেওয়া, পিচ ঢালা v. to pitch, to tar. 39)

(p. 601) pichā a kind of bangle or bracelet. 4)

(p. 615) paracarcā discussion about others behind their back; slandering, backbiting, gossip, scandal-mongering. পরচর্চা করা v. to discuss others; to slander, to gossip about others. 6)

(p. 681) pratyabēkṣaṇa enquiry; scrutiny; research; supervision. 2)

(p. 606) pabana wind, air; the Wind-god (cp. Aeolus, Aiolos) (also পবনদেবতা). ̃গতি, ̃বেগ n. the speed of the wind, the fast pace of the wind. ̃নন্দন, পবনাত্মজ n. (myth.) Hanuman (হনুমান) the son of the Wind-god. ̃বেগে adv. with the speed of the wind, as fast as wind. ̃হিল্লোল n. a gentle undulating current of air. 78)

(p. 629) paryuṣita stale (পর্যুষিতল অন্ন). 3)

(p. 625) pariṣkṛta cleansed; cleaned; cleared; tidied; refined; washed (পরিষ্কৃত বস্ত্র). 38)

(p. 601) paṅka soft mud, clay; filth; (geog.) silt; (bio.) protoplasm; a paste (চন্দনপঙ্ক); (fig.) vice; (archi.) finial. ̃জ a. born of or grown in soft mud, clay-born. n. the lotus, the water-lily. fem. ̃জা । ̃নয়ন, ̃নেত্র a. lotus-eyed. fem. ̃নয়না । ̃জিনী n. a pond in which lotuses grow, a lotus-pool; a clump or cluster of lotuses, a collection of lotuses. ̃ময়, পঙ্কিল a. full of soft mud, miry, muddy; turbid; filthy; vicious. ̃রুহ n. lotus. পঙ্কিলতা n. muddiness, miriness; turbidity; filthiness; viciousness. পঙ্কোদ্ধার n. dredging (as a river) (fig.); cleansing or purification; correction; act of bringing into order out of an intolerable or intricate mess; (fig.) reclamation from vice. পঙ্কোদ্ধার করা v. to dredge; (fig.) to bring into order out of an intolerable or intricate mess; (fig.) to reclaim from vice. 38)

(p. 675) pratikartā redressing; remedying, avenging; preventing; counteracting. n. a redresser; an avenger; a preventer; a counteractor. 4)

(p. 654) pēṭi1 a waist-band, a belt, a girdle; the breast or middle part of a fish (পেটির মাছ). 134)

(p. 606) pathimadhyē on the way, on the road, en route. 47)

(p. 615) parapūrbā one who was married or betrothed to (and subsequently estranged from) another. 41)

(p. 615) parajībī parasitic, parasitical. n. a parasitic plant or organism, a parasite. পরজীবিতা n. parasitism. পরজীবীয় a. parasitic. 11)

(p. 687) prayukta employed; applied, used. prep. for the sake of, owing to, due to, caused by, actuated by (ভয়প্রযুক্ত). প্রযুক্তি n. employment; application; a technique. প্রযুক্তিবিদ্যা n. technology. প্রযুক্তিবিদ্যাগত a. technological. 10)