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

(p. 684) prabañcanā cheating; deception; deceit; swindle; fraud; beguilement. প্রবঞ্চনা করা v. to cheat; to deceive; to swindle; to impose upon; to hoodwink; to beguile. ̃মূলক a. fraudulent; deceitful. 4)

(p. 633) pān̐jā3 outspread hands forming a stretcher. 9)

(p. 606) padminī a collection of lotuses; a clump of lotuses; (inc.) the lotus; a woman belonging to the best of the four physical categories from the sexual point of view. ̃কান্ত, ̃বল্লভ n. the sun. 67)

(p. 606) paḍ়ā1 to fall, to drop (বৃষ্টি পড়া); to fall down, to drop down (পড়ে যাওয়া, তাল পড়া); to lean to (গায়েপড়া); (as an aux.) to perform an action (ঘুমিয়ে পড়া); to come to, to fall into (দুঃখে পড়া); to be uncultivated (জমি পড়ে থাকা); to be vacant or unoccupied (বাড়ি পড়ে থাকা); to stay or remain (পিছনে পড়া); to be unpaid or unrealized, to get into arrears (অনেক টাকা পড়ে আছে); to be outstanding (কাজ পড়ে থাকা); to set in, to begin, to ensue (আকাল পড়া); to attack, to raid (ডাকাত পড়া); to infest (পোকা পড়া); to be attacked (রোগে পড়া); to be caught (in) (জালে পড়া, দায়ে পড়া); to be affected with, to contact, to incur (মরচে পড়া, টাক পড়া, দায়ে পড়া); to arrive or appear (গিয়ে পড়া); to come across or fall upon (পথে পড়া); to set in for a spell (ঠান্ডা পড়া); to come upon, to strike, to occur (মনে পড়া = to call to mind); to require or involve or to involve an expenditure (অনেক টাকা পড়বে); to exude, to ooze, to flow out (রক্ত পড়া, রস পড়া, লাল পড়া); to fall off, to shed or to be shed, to fall (দাঁত পড়া, পাতা পড়া); to be placed (পাত পড়া); to be served (পাতে খাবার পড়া); to be paralyzed (অঙ্গ পড়ে যাওয়া); to come to a close, to decline (বেলা পড়া); to terminate; to be applied or set (হাত পড়া); to be allayed (রাগ পড়া); to be abated, to decrease (তেজ পড়া); to be directed or cast or set (চোখ পড়া); to be attracted (মন পড়া); to go into, to take in (পেটে পড়া); to be born (পেট থেকে পড়া); to be married (মেয়েটি বড় ঘরে পড়েছে). a. fallen, dropped; fallen down, dropped down; leaning to (গায়ে পড়া); hanging loose (ঝুলে-পড়া চামড়া); fallen into (বিপদে পড়া লোক); uncultivated or fallow; unoccupied, vacant; deserted (পড়া বাড়ি); staying, remaining, laid down (বিছানায় পড়া লোক); attacked; infested; caught; affected with; lying unclaimed or met with by chance (পড়া টাকা); abandoned, derelict (পড়া মাল). ̃নো v. to cause to fall or drop or lean to or infest or be attacked or be affected with or require or involve or involve an expenditure of or be turned or be directed or be cast or be set or be attracted or enter. পড়ে পড়ে কিল বা মার খাওয়া to take constant insult or suffer oppression without retaliation. পড়ে-পাওয়া v. to come upon something unexpectedly; to get a thing by chance and unexpectedly. পড়ে-পাওয়া a. got by chance and unexpectedly; that which has been obtained unexpectedly. See also পাওয়া । বাজারে পড়তে না পাওয়া to have a ready market, to go or sell like hot cakes. 11)

(p. 642) pāẏā a leg or foot of an article of furniture; a castor, a trundle; (dero. or hum.) position or post or vanity. ̃ভারী n. vanity for holding a high post; vanity. a. vainglorious of one's high position; vain. 44)

(p. 678) pratihanana act of killing a slayer. 44)

(p. 675) pratigrāhya acceptable. 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. 615) paramōtkarṣa highest excellence. 67)

(p. 674) praṇōdita incited, induced; encouraged. প্রণোদিত করা v. to incite, to instigate; to induce, to encourage. 14)

(p. 615) parapālita brought up or fostered by others, fostered or brought up, by people other than one's parents. 36)

(p. 628) parpaṭi an Ayurvedic (আয়ুর্বেদীয়) drug made from a herbal plant. 2)

(p. 629) palastārā a plaster (esp. one composed of slaked lime, sand and hair, and used for coating walls etc.). পলস্তারা দেওয়া বা লাগানো v. to plaster. 17)

(p. 644) pārāni the fare for ferrying, ferriage. 21)