(p. 625) parīkṣā a test; an examination; a trial; an ordeal (অগ্নিপরীক্ষা); a cross-examination; an investigation; an experiment; foretelling, divination, reading (হস্তরেখা পরীক্ষা) ; অদৃষ্টপরীক্ষা, ভাগ্যপরীক্ষা n. fortune-telling; act of seeking fortune. পরীক্ষা করা v. to test; to examine; to try; to test by an ordeal; to cross examine; to investigate; to experiment; to divine. পরীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to appear at an examination; to take an examination; to undergo a trial; to submit to an ordeal. পরীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to examine, to test; to hold an examination; to test by an examination. পরীক্ষায় উতরে যাওয়া v. to stand a test or scrutiny. ̃গার, ̃গৃহ, ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির, ̃শালা n. an examination-hall; a laboratory. ̃ধীন a. subject to or under examination or trial or test or investigation or experiment. ̃র্থী a. appearing at an examination. n. an examinee. fem. পরীক্ষার্থিনী । 56)

(p. 654) purāṇa a myth or mythology (esp. of Hindus). a. ancient; primordial (পুরাণ পুরুষ). ̃কর্তা, ̃কার n. an author of a mythology. ̃পুরুষ n. God. ̃প্রসিদ্ধি n. mention in the Puranas or mythology; long-standing fame. 41)

(p. 642) pāba a joint; a knuckle (as of a finger); (bot.) a node; the space between two nodes (as of the bamboo). 32)

(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) parasba another's property or wealth or money, what belongs to another. ̃হরণ, পরস্বাপহরণ n. act of robbing what belongs to another; misappropriation of another's property or money. ̃হারী, পরস্বাপহারী a. given to or guilty of robbing what belongs to another; given to or guilty of misappropriating another's property or money. 11)

(p. 606) paṭhyamāna that which is being read or perused or studied or recited. 2)

(p. 644) pāradārya violation of another's marriagebed, adultery. 7)

(p. 625) parimārjita scoured; cleansed; refined; corrected and revised; chastened. পরিমার্জিত করা v. to scour; to cleanse; to refine; to correct and revise; to chasten. 8)

(p. 615) parajanma the next birth; life after the present one. 10)

(p. 682) pratyupakāra a good turn in return. প্রত্যুপকার করা v. to do (one) a good turn in return. প্রত্যুপকর্তা, প্রত্যুপকারী a. & n. one who does (one) a good turn in return. প্রত্যুপকৃত n. benefited in return. 5)

(p. 684) prabāla coral; a young shoot, a sprout; a new tree-leaf. ̃কীট n. the polyp, polype. ̃দ্বীপ n. a coral island. ̃প্রাচীর n. a coral reef, a barrier reef. 19)

(p. 680) pratna ancient, old, ̃তত্ত্ব, ̃বিদ্যা n. archaeology. ̃তত্ত্ববিত্, ̃বিদ n. archaeologist; an antiquary, an antiquarian. ̃তত্ত্বীয়, ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. archaeological; antiquarian. 13)

(p. 638) pātana act of throwing or hurling down; distillation; spreading; overthrowing; killing; writing (অন্কপাতন). ̃যন্ত্র n. a retort. 33)

(p. 692) prābṛṭa, prābṛṣā the rainy season, the rains. প্রাবৃষিক, প্রাবৃষ্য a. of the rainy season. 63)

(p. 672) pracala current. n. a convention. ̃ন n. act of bringing into practice, introduction usage, practice; currency. প্রচলন করা v. to bring into practice or currency; to introduce. প্রচলন হওয়া v. to be introduced or practised; to gain currency. প্রচলিত a. introduced; current, in vogue or prevailing taste; customary. 11)