(p. 654) purōga, purōgāmī going before in point of time or place, preceding, leading; pioneering. পুরোগত a. gone before in point of time or place. 56)

(p. 654) pustaka a book. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a book-seller. ̃বিপণি n. a book-shop. ̃ব্যবসায় n. booktrade. ̃ব্যবসায়ী n. a book-seller. ̃স্হ a. contained or written in a book. পুস্তকাগার n. a library. সাধারণ পুস্তাকাগার a public library. পুস্তকালয় n. a book-shop; a (rare) library. পুস্তকের দোকান a book-shop. 80)

(p. 696) plābaka one who or that which floods. 67)

(p. 678) pratisaṃhṛta (of weapons etc.) held back, withheld; warded off. 32)

(p. 619) paricālaka one who or that which drives or runs a vehicle etc.; conducting; managing, directing; leading or guiding; administering, ruling. n. a driver; a conductor; a manager; a director; a leader; an administrator; a ruler; a chief. পরিচালক সমিতি n. managing committee. 62)

(p. 665) pērubhīẏa Peruvian. 25)

(p. 619) parādhīna subject; dependent; subordinate; subjugated; subservient; dominated by another. fem. পরাধীনা । ̃তা n. subjection, bondage; dependence; subordination; subjugation; subservience; domination by another. 12)

(p. 615) paradā a screen, a curtain; a veil, a zenana, purdah (পরদাপ্রথা); a thin skin or membrane, a film (চোখের পরদা); a covering; a layer, a strip, a flake (এক পরদা চামড়া; (of a musical instrument) a bridge or key; (of voice) a scale (সুরের পরদা). ̃নশিন a. (fem.) living behind the purdah, living in a zenana. ̃প্রথা n. the purdah-system. চোখের পরদা (fig.) sense of shame, sense of delicacy. 15)

(p. 687) praẏāsa an effort, an endeavour; a hard effort; toil; a desire. প্রয়াস করা v. to endeavour; to try or endeavour hard; to toil; to desire. প্রয়াস পাওয়া v. to endeavour; to make a hard attempt, to make a sincere and earnest effort; to toil. প্রয়াসী a. endeavouring; toiling hard; desirous. 17)

(p. 633) pācya that which can be or is to be cooked; digestive, digestible. 58)

(p. 696) plyāṭapharma a railway platform; a dais, a platform. 84)

(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. 654) pēṭaka a wicker-basket; a portmanteau, a trunk, a suit-case; a chest. 133)

(p. 619) paricalana (phys.) convection. 59)

(p. 631) pāṃśana bringing disgrace, tarnishing (কুল পাংশন). 28)