(p. 667) pōsṭamāsṭāra a postmaster. 31)

(p. 642) pāpiṣṭha extremely sinful or wicked. fem. পাপিষ্ঠা । 28)

(p. 615) paramārtha the greatest object; the greatest truth, reality; God; religion or spiritual truth. ̃চিন্তা n. spiritual meditation; meditation about God or reality. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (phil.). truths about reality; theological truths; spiritual truths. 63)

(p. 615) parapada (fig.) the high place or eminent position (usu. of an enemy); (gr.) the following or latter word. পরপদ লেহন করা to lick a person's boots or shoes, to cringe before a person, to be abject or servile, to fawn on. 33)

(p. 633) pāka2 cooking; act of condensing by heat (সন্দেশের পাক); digestion (পাকস্হলী); consequence (বিপাক); greyness (চুলে পাক ধরা). পাক করা v. to cook. পাক ধরা v. to begin to be condensed by heat; to begin to turn grey. ̃ক্রিয়া n. (function or act of) digestion. ̃তেল n. a medicinal oil. ̃পাত্র same as পাকস্হালী । ̃মন্ড n. chyme. ̃যন্ত্র n. the digestive organ, the stomach. পাকযন্ত্র-প্রদাহ n. inflammation of the stomach, gastritis. ̃শালা a. a kitchen, a cookhouse. ̃স্হলী n. the stomach. ̃স্হালী n. a cooking pot or utensil. ̃স্পর্শ n. the ceremony of a bride's serving out food for the first time to her husband's kinsfolk. 22)

(p. 681) pratyālīḍh় the kneeling posture of an archer whilst shooting with his right leg doubled in the front and the left stretched out at the back. 24)

(p. 650) pitā father. ̃মহ n. one's father's father or uncle, a grandfather or a granduncle; an appellation of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). ̃মহী n. fem. one's father's mother or aunt, a grandmother or a grand-aunt. 6)

(p. 606) padmābatī Manasa (মনসা) the snake-goddess. 63)

(p. 675) pratigraha acceptance of a gift; acceptance; a gift, a present; a promise, a pledge; (astrol.) a malignant planet or star. প্রতিগ্রহণ n. acceptance of a gift; acceptance. প্রতিগ্রহণীয় a. acceptable. 20)

(p. 696) prēkṣaka a spectator; an onlooker; one of the audience. 29)

(p. 645) pālita tamed or pet (পালিত পশুপক্ষী); brought up, reared; nursed or fostered; maintained, kept, bred; nourished; protected, preserved, defended; observed, complied (with); fulfilled. fem. পালিতা । ̃কন্যা n. fem. a foster-daughter. ̃পুত্র n. a foster-son. ̃সন্তান n. a foster-child. 30)

(p. 684) pramātā one who proves or demonstrates or substantiates or testifies. 49)

(p. 644) pārasya Persia, Iran. 17)

(p. 696) plābaka one who or that which floods. 67)

(p. 629) palli, pallī a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোপপল্লি); a hamlet; a village; a municipal division, a ward. ̃অঞ্চল n. a rural area; countryside. পল্লি উন্নয়ন n. village development, rural uplift. ̃গীতি n. folksong, village song. ̃গ্রাম n. a village. ̃জীবন n. rural life, countrylife. ̃নৃত্য n. a country-dance. ̃বধু n. a country-woman, a country-wife. ̃বালা, ̃বালিকা n. a country-girl; a countrymaid. ̃বাস n. a village home; a country residence; act of living in a country. ̃বাসী a. living in a country, rural; (dero.) rustic. n. a countryman (fem. a country-woman), a villager. (dero.) a rustic. fem. ̃বাসিনী । ̃বাসী ভদ্রলোক a country gentleman. ̃ভবন n. a village home; a country residence; a country-house, a country seat. ̃মঙ্গল সমিতি village welfare society. ̃সংগঠন n. rural organization, rural development. ̃সংস্কার n. rural reconstruction; village upliftment. ̃সমিতি n. a village society. 37)