(p. 638) pātañjala of or compiled by Patanjali, the Philosopher of ancient India. ̃দর্শন n. the yoga (যোগ) system of philosophy. 30)

(p. 642) pānaśauṇḍa given to drinking wine; boozy. পানশৌণ্ড ব্যক্তি a drunkard; a boozer. 8)

(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. 678) pratiśruta promised, pledged; promisebound; covenanted. প্রতিশ্রুত হওয়া v. to pledge oneself, to commit oneself by a promise. প্রতিশ্রুতি n. a promise, a pledge; a covenant. প্রতিশ্রুতি ভঙ্গ n. breach of or withdrawal from a promise or contract or pledge. 28)

(p. 618) parākāṣṭhā highest excellence; extreme altitude or limit; acme, zenith; (often iron.) culmination. 24)

(p. 654) pūjaka employed in worshipping. n. a worshipper, a devotee; a priest; a votary. 84)

(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. 678) pratibhūti-patra bail-bond. 8)

(p. 649) piñjikā a skein or roll or wisp of carded cotton. 6)

(p. 638) pātila (dial.) a roundish earthen vessel used chiefly for cooking. 52)

(p. 667) paurbāhika relating to the previous day.

(p. 672) pracēṣṭā (repeated or unflagging) effort, endeavour, application, persistent attempt. 15)

(p. 601) paṅkhī (vul.) a bird; (vul.) a ganjasmoker and teller of cock-and-bull stories (পঙ্খীর দল). a. shaped like a bird (ময়ূরপঙ্খী). 40)

(p. 654) puttali1 a pupa. 19)

(p. 631) pāikā (print.) pica. 21)