(p. 692) prācīna old; ancient; antique; aged; outof-date; old-fashioned, antiquated. fem. প্রাচীনা । প্রাচীনতা, প্রাচীনত্ব n. oldness; ancientness; antiqueness; agedness; oldfashionedness, antiquatedness. 22)

(p. 618) parā3 supreme, primordial (পরা প্রকৃতি); highest; final (পরা বিদ্যা); (elec.) positive. 21)

(p. 669) pyāki packing; a package, a packet. 14)

(p. 619) parigraha act of taking or accepting solemnly (দারপরিগ্রহ); act of putting on or wearing (বেশপরিগ্রহ); act of assuming (রূপপরিগ্রহ). পরিগ্রহ করা v. to take or accept solemnly; to put on, to wear; to assume. 53)

(p. 619) paribhṛti emolument; wages; salary, pay. 160)

(p. 629) pallaba a leaf (বৃক্ষপল্লব, নবপল্লব); a lid (অক্ষিপল্লব); a new tree-leaf; the forepart of a young shoot or sprout bearing new leaves (আম্রপল্লব). ̃গ্রাহিতা n. surface-grazing; dilettantism; eclecticism; smattering acquaintance. ̃গ্রাহী a. dilettantish; smattering. পল্লবগ্রাহী লোক a dilettante (pl. dilettanti); a smatterer. পল্লবিত a. containing leaves, leafy; full of new leaves; sprouted; detailed, exhausted; exaggerated (পল্লবিত বর্ণনা). 36)

(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)

(p. 615) parapuṣṭa fostered or brought up or nourished by a stranger. n. the cuckoo. পরপুষ্টা a. fem. of পরপুষ্ট । n. a prostitute, a harlot. 40)

(p. 619) parānna food given in charity by another, unearned or unpaid-for food. ̃জীবী a. living on food given by another; eating habitually at another's table; parasitic. n. a parasite. ̃পালিত, ̃পুষ্ট a. nourished by food given by another. ̃ভোজী a. habitually eating at another's table. 14)

(p. 684) prabacana an adage, a proverb; an apophthegm, apothegm; a popular or oftquoted saying; (rare) amplification. 2)

(p. 644) pāramārthika concerning the ultimate Reality or God; theological; spiritual. 10)

(p. 615) parapara one after another; successively; consecutively; gradually; side by side. 34)

(p. 673) prajbalitā strongly burning, flaming; enkindled, lighted; (fig.) excited or roused. প্রজ্বলিত হওয়া v. to burn strongly; to be aflame or ablaze; to be enkindled or lighted; (fig.) to be excited or roused. 13)

(p. 684) prabaha a current, a flow (as of air or a stream). ̃ণ n. flow or flowing; blow or blowing. ̃শীল, ̃মান a. flowing or blowing. ̃মানতা n. flow or flowing movement; stream (সময়ের প্রবহমানতা). 17)

(p. 673) praṇata bowed or bent or lying prostrate in obeisance; stooping, bent, inclined. fem. প্রণতা । প্রণত হওয়া v. to bow or bend or lie prostrate in obeisance; to stoop, to bend, to incline. প্রণতি n. bowing or bending or lying prostrate in obeisance; stooping or bending, inclination. 16)