(p. 631) paśbācāra a form of asceticism characterized by self-restraint, continence and abstinence from drinking wine and eating meat; beastly conduct, brutality. পশ্বাচারী a. practising the aforesaid form of asceticism; bestial, brutal. 7)

(p. 606) panhā a way, a path; a means, an expedient (উদ্ধারের পন্হা); a system of religious practice (তান্ত্রিক পন্হা); a manner or mode or style or school. ̃নুসরণ n. act of following a particular path or system or mode. 74)

(p. 654) pūta holy, sacred, sanctified, pure. ̃স্হান n. a sacred or holy place. 90)

(p. 601) pakṣa a lunar fortnight (কৃষ্ণপক্ষ, শুক্লপক্ষ); a period of fifteen days, a fortnight (দুই পক্ষকাল); (of birds) a wing, a feather; (of fish) a fin; (of an arrow) a feather; a team, a party, a side (পক্ষভুক্ত); a direction or side or hand (পক্ষান্তরে); a flank, a side (পক্ষাঘাত); question or answer in a debate, support or opposition, a thesis or an antithesis (পূর্বপক্ষ, উত্তরপক্ষ); behalf (তার পক্ষে উকিল দাঁড়ায়নি); state or condition (পারতপক্ষে); (of a person married, more than once) marriage (দ্বিতীয় পক্ষের স্ত্রী); a husband or wife, spouse (এটি তার তৃতীয়পক্ষ). ̃ক n. (bot.) a. a pinule. ̃গ্রহণ same as পক্ষাবলম্বন । ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন n. act of cutting off or clipping one's wings; (fig.) act of making powerless; refutation of one's argument. পক্ষচ্ছেদ করা, পক্ষচ্ছেদন করা v. to cut off or clip one's wings; (fig.) to render powerless. ̃ধর a. winged. n. a bird; the moon. ̃পাত, ̃পাতিতা, ̃পাতিত্ব n. partiality; unreasonable love or fondness (for), favouritism, bias, preference (ছেলের প্রতি মায়ের পক্ষপাত). ̃পাতদুষ্ট a. biased, partial; corrupted with partiality or favouritism. পাতশূন্য a. impartial, unbiased. পক্ষপাতী a. partial, prejudicial; biased, prejudiced; inclined to favouring, prone or leaning to. fem. ̃পাতিনী । ̃পুট n. the inner part or inside of a wing. ̃পুটে adv. under cover of wings, within the wings; (fig.) under one's protection. ̃ভুক্ত a. included in a side or team. ̃ভেদ n. act of distinguishing one side from another; (chiefly pol.) disintegration of a party; differentiation of the two opposing sides of an argument. ̃ল a. winged; having a fin or fins; (bot.) pinnate. ̃শিরাবিন্যাস n. (bot.) pinnate venation. ̃শিরিত a. (bot.) pinnately veined. ̃সঞ্চালন n. act of flapping or moving one's wings (as by a bird). ̃সঞ্চালন করা v. to flap or move one's wings. ̃সমর্থক same as পক্ষাবলম্বী । ̃সমর্থন same as পক্ষাবলম্বন । ̃সমর্থনকারী same as পক্ষাবলম্বী । fem. ̃সমর্থনকারীণী । 16)

(p. 631) pāipa a pipe. 22)

(p. 619) parityakta given up; left off; abandoned; deserted; relinquished; quitted; renounced; omitted. fem. পরিত্যক্তা । 89)

(p. 615) paraglāni slandering, backbiting, gossip; scandal. 4)

(p. 650) piẏāla a kind of nut-tree; its nut or seed. 30)

(p. 601) pacā to rot, to putrefy, to decompose; (med.) to become septic; (fig.) to become too old or hackneyed. a. rotten, putrefied, decomposed; (med.) that which has become septic; (fig.) too old or hackneyed (পচা খবর). পচা ভাদ্র (ভাদ্দর) the humid and sweltering month of Bhadra. 45)

(p. 692) prātipadika (gr.) an uninflected noun or adjective; a root noun or root adjective. a. (gr.) uninflected. 38)

(p. 633) pākhalā rubbing and washing, scouring or rinsing (ধোয়া-পাখলা). পাখলানো. v. to rub and wash; to scour; to rinse. 40)

(p. 688) pralipta coated or smeared (with); involved or implicated (in); engaged or employed (in). 9)

(p. 652) pun̐ti a kind of small pearl-shaped ball of glass with a small hole through it, bead. পুঁতির মালা a string of these balls, a string or necklace of beads. 43)

(p. 601) pañjābi or born in the Punjab. n. a native of the Punjab; the language of the Punjab; a loose-fitting upper-garment with no collar. 62)

(p. 678) pratimāna a model, a pattern; (phys.) balancing, a weight. প্রতিমান করা v. (phys.) to balance. 11)