(p. 644) pārasya Persia, Iran. 17)

(p. 696) prēsa a printing-house, a press. 48)

(p. 678) pratimūrti an image, an icon, a portrait, a likeness; an exactly similar figure or appearance. 14)

(p. 654) purāpuri complete; thorough; full, entire; downright. adv. completely; thoroughly; fully, entirely; in a downright manner; in extenso. 48)

(p. 667) paurōhitya the office or profession of a priest, priesthood; presidentship, presidency (সভার পৌরোহিত্য). পৌরোহিত্য করা v. to act as a priest; to preside over (a meeting); to lead (as a movement). 45)

(p. 688) praharī a guard, a watchman, a watcher, a guardsman. 69)

(p. 628) paryabēkṣita watched; observed. 16)

(p. 606) padmāpurāṇa a legend in verse narrating the glory of Padma (পদ্ম) or Manasa (মনসা) the snake-goddess. 62)

(p. 654) pṛthagbidha of a different kind; different; diverse, various, manifold. 115)

(p. 672) pracaẏa culling; collection; accumulation; a multitude; increase; multiplication. 10)

(p. 606) paṇa a promise, a resolve (পণ রক্ষা); a wager, a stake, a bet (পাশাখেলার পণ); price (প্রাণপণ); a condition or term, a stipulation (ধনুকভাঙা পণ); compulsory dowry (esp, what is given to a bridegroom), marriage-money; a commodity; a measure of counting (= 2 গন্ডা). পণ করা v. to resolve. পণ দেওয়া v. to pay the dowry, to pay the bridegroom (or the bride) compulsory dowry or marriage-money. পণ ধরা, পণ রাখা v. to lay a wager, to bet, to stake. পণ নেওয়া v. to exact compulsory dowry or marriage-money. কন্যাপণ n. compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride. বরপণ compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bridegroom. ̃কর n. betting tax. ̃কিয়া n. a table of reckoning by pans (পণ). ̃প্রথা n. the system of exacting dowry or marriage-money; (coll.) dowry system. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under pledge of. 17)

(p. 649) piñjana act of opening out the fibres of cotton, wool, etc.; teasing; an apparatus for teasing. 4)

(p. 633) pākaḍ় arrest, seizure (ধরপাকড়). পাকড়াও a. seizure, arrest; act of catching with importunity (চকরির জন্য মন্ত্রীকে পাকড়াও). v. imperat. arrest, seize; catch. পাকড়ানো v. to catch; to seize; to arrest. 25)

(p. 606) panērō fifteen. ̃ই a. (of the days of a month) fifteenth. n. the fifteenth day of a month, the fifteenth. 72)

(p. 629) pala-tōlā bevelled. 15)