(p. 606) padādhikārē, padādhikārabalē by virtue of one's office or position, ex-officio. 54)

(p. 696) prauḍh় middle-aged; elderly. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. the age between youth and old age; elderliness. 60)

(p. 615) paramōtkṛṣṭa most excellent. 68)

(p. 666) pōn̐chā1 the tail of a fish and the region near about it; the part of the hand from the wrist to fingertips. 10)

(p. 619) paribēṣṭita surrounded, encircled, beset, engirt; enclosed. fem. পরিবেষ্টিতা । 151)

(p. 649) piṭā, piṭānō to strike, to beat (লোহা পিটানো); to pound, to batter, to ram (ছাদ পিটা); to whip up or switch, to thrash (ঝোপ পিটানো). a. beaten; rammed; thrashed; shaped by beating, wrought (পিটা লোহা). পিটাই, পিটানি, (pop.) পিটুনি n. act of beating or ramming or thrashing; a drubbing (পিটুনি খাওয়া). পিটুনি পুলিশ punitive police. পিটুনি কর বা জরিমানা punitive tax, punitive fine. 9)

(p. 614) parakīkaraṇa alienation. 24)

(p. 688) prasaba act of bringing forth (a child or young), parturition, delivery; childbirth; production; creation; birth. প্রসব করা v. to bring forth; to give birth; (often facet.) to produce. প্রসব করানো v. to deliver of a child or young. ̃দ্বার n. the passage of childbirth; the valva. প্রসব হওয়া v. to be delivered of a child or young. ̃বেদনা n. lobour-pain, travail. প্রসব বেদনা ওঠা v. to be in travail, to be in labour. প্রসবিতা, প্রসবী a. giving birth to; producing n. a father, a progenitor; a producer. প্রসবিত্রী, প্রসবিনী a. fem. bringing forth; producing. n. fem. a mother, a progenitress; a (female) producer. 35)

(p. 654) putula a doll, a puppet, a marionette; an instrument in another's hand; one who acts just as another tells him, a cat'spaw, an idol. ̃খেলা n. a children's (esp. girls') play in which an imaginary house-hold is built up with puppets as its members; (fig.) a meaningless action, a children's play; a triviality. ̃নাচ n. a puppet-show, a puppet-play. পুতুলনাচিয়ে n. a puppet-player. ̃পুজো n. (sarcas.) idolatry. (পরের) হাতের পুতুল a puppet in another's hand, a cat's-paw. 17)

(p. 654) pṛṣṭha the back (of a human being or any other creature); the rear; the region of the back; the back part, the rear part; the hind part; surface, a face; (bot.) the dorsal surface. ঘূর্ণপৃষ্ঠ n. the surface of revolution. ̃টান n. (phys.) surface tension. ̃তল n. surface. ̃দেশ same as পৃষ্ঠ । ̃পোষাক n. one who stands at the back to give support; a supporter; an upholder; a patron; a customer; a client. ̃পোষকতা n. support; patronization. পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা করা v. to support; to uphold; to patronize. ̃পোষণ n. act of standing at the back to give support; act of supporting or upholding; patronization. ̃প্রদর্শন n. fleeing, flight. পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করা v. to flee, to take to one's heels, to run away. ̃প্রবাহ n. (geog.) a surface drift. ̃বংশ n. the backbone, the spinal or vertebral column, the spine. ̃ব্রণ n. a dorsal carbuncle. ̃ভঙ্গ n. act of fleeing (esp. after a defeat). ̃রক্ষক n. a bodyguard. পৃষ্ঠরক্ষা করা v. to protect or guard the rear; to act as a bodyguard to. ̃লেখ n. an endorsement. 120)

(p. 675) pratikṣipta rebounded. প্রতিক্ষিপ্ত হওয়া v. to rebound. 15)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)

(p. 625) pariśuṣka very dry; pale; shrivelled. 25)

(p. 654) pūrṇēndu the hunter's moon, the fullmoon. 105)

(p. 675) pratijñā a solemn resolve or declaration; a vow; a promise, a pledge; (geom.) a theorem or a problem or a proposition. প্রতিজ্ঞা করা v. to resolve or declare solemnly; to promise. প্রতিজ্ঞাত a. resolved; promised; accepted; proposed. ̃পত্র n. a written promise or agreement, a bond; a written confession. ̃পালন n. act of keeping a promise. প্রতিজ্ঞাপালন করা v. to keep a promise. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under a pledge. ̃ভঙ্গ n. a breach of promise. প্রতিজ্ঞাভঙ্গ করা v. to break a promise. ̃ভঙ্গকারী a. promise-breaking. n. a promise-breaker. 27)