(p. 638) pāṭhārthī desirous of reading or studying. n. a student, a pupil; a prospective student. fem. পাঠাথির্নী । পাঠোদ্ধার n. deciphering an obscure piece of writing or passage. 2)

(p. 638) pāḍ়2 furbelow, flounce, coloured or decorated border (as of a cloth). পাড় লাগানো v. to furbelow, to flounce. 8)

(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. 647) pāśa2 an apparatus for spraying, a spray (গোলাপপাশ). 3)

(p. 688) pralōbha very strong greed. 12)

(p. 601) pacāi a spirituous liquor distilled from rice, arrack. 46)

(p. 684) prabēśa entrance, entry; admission (কলেজে প্রবেশ); right or power or freedom of entrance; access. প্রবেশ করা v. to come or go in or into, to enter, to be admitted into. প্রবেশ করানো v. to cause to enter, to enter, to admit into; to usher; to drive or thrust into (দেহে তরবারি প্রবেশ করানো). প্রবেশ নিষেধ entrance prohibited; no entrance, no admission, no admittance, no entry. প্রবেশক a. entering. n. an enterer. ̃দ্বার n. a gate; an entrance. প্রবেশন n. entering, entrance; act of being admitted into, admission; act of causing to enter. ̃পত্র n. entry permit; admit card. ̃পথ n. a gateway; an entrance. ̃মূল্য n. entry fee or admission fee. প্রবেশলাভ করা v. to be able to enter; to be admitted into. প্রবেশা poet. form of প্রবেশ করা । প্রবেশাধিকার n. right or freedom of entrance or admission, entry; access. প্রবেশানুমতি n. permission to enter or be admitted into, admittance. প্রবেশিকা a. fem. entering. n. fem. a primary textbook (ব্যাকরণ-প্রবেশিকা); a ticket, a pass. প্রবেশিকা পরীক্ষা n. the entrance examination (also; the matriculation examination). প্রবেশিত a. caused to enter; admitted (into); ushered. প্রবেশ্য a. enterable; permeable (প্রবেশ্য শিলা = permeable rock). 28)

(p. 629) parśukā a rib, a vertebra. 5)

(p. 629) pala2 a bevel (পল-তোলা). 8)

(p. 619) paripanhī unfavourable, adverse; opposing, obstructing, hindering; hostile, inimical. 107)

(p. 614) paẏōmuka the cloud. 16)

(p. 666) pōḍ়ā to burn; to be scalded or singed or calcined; scorched or incinerated; to inflame; to become very hot (জ্বরে গা পোড়ে); a. burnt; scalded; scorched; inflamed; incinerated; calcined; greatly heated. ̃নি n. affliction; distress. ̃নো v. to burn or scald or scorch or calcine or inflame. পোড়া কপাল hard luck, bad luck; (int.) ah me! পোড়াকপালি fem. unlucky, unfortunate. mas. পোড়াকপালে । পোড়ারমুখি a. & n. accursed (one), unfortunate; hateful (one); wicked. 22)

(p. 647) picha, pichana the back; the backside, the rear; (fig.) the past. পিছনে চলা v. to go or move backwards; to retrograde; to return or recede. পিছনে চাওয়া, পিছনে দেখা v. to look to one's own back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছন পিছন, পিছনে পিছনে on the back of, at the heels of. পিছন ফেরা v. to turn back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছটান, পিছনটান n. (lit.) a pull from the back; (fig.) attachment to one's family circle which retards or impedes one's progress. পিছপা a. taken aback, recoiled; reluctant. পিছপা হওয়া v. to be taken aback, to recoil, to flinch (in fear, pain etc.); to be reluctant. পিছমোড়া a. pinioned at the back. পিছমোড়া করে বাঁধা to pinion one at one's back. পিছনে লাগা v. to tease or vex (somebody); to make fun playfully or annoyingly. 43)

(p. 675) pratipraśna a counter-question. 61)

(p. 680) pratyanta lying on or adjoining the border, bordering (on), contiguous, neighbouring. n. the border; the frontier region, the frontier; (in the Puranas) the land of Mlechhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ̃পর্বত n. a hillock beside a mountain. ̃প্রদেশ n. a neighbouring country; the frontier; outskirts. ̃বাসী a. dwelling on the outskirts of a town or village or country; dwelling on a frontier. 19)