(p. 674) pratarka doubt; hesitation; assumption; supposition; consideration. 17)

(p. 625) parihāra giving up; abandonment; avoidance; act of casting off; neglect, disregard; slight. পরিহার করা v. to give up; to abandon; to avoid, to shun; to cast off; to neglect, to disregard, to slight. 50)

(p. 667) pōṣaka cherishing; nourishing; aiding; upholding; supporting; countenancing or abetting. n. one who or that which cherishes or nourishes; an aider; an upholder; a supporter; a countenancer or abettor. ̃তা n. aiding; upholding, support, countenancing, abetment. পোষকতা করা v. to aid; to uphold, to support; to countenance, to abet. পোষক স্তর (bot. & zoo.) tapetum. 19)

(p. 681) pratyabhibāda, pratyābhibādana a salute or salutation in return. প্রত্যাভিবাদন করা v. to salute in return, to return a salute. 4)

(p. 625) pariśuṣka very dry; pale; shrivelled. 25)

(p. 625) pariṣkaraṇa cleansing or refining. 36)

(p. 671) prakṣuddha impassioned; agitated; excited. 22)

(p. 652) piṣṭaka a kind of cake or sweet pie. 10)

(p. 629) pala-tōlā bevelled. 15)

(p. 650) pināka the bow of Shiva (শিব); a bowshaped musical instrument of Shiva; a trident (esp. that of Shiva). ̃পানি পিনাকী. n. Shiva (শিব), who carries a পিনাক in his hand. 16)

(p. 645) pāliśa polish. উপর পালিশ apparent polish or refinement. পালিশ করা v. to polish. ̃-করা a. polished. 32)

(p. 692) prāẏa2 (chiefly used in comp. as a sfx.) resembling, like (গতপ্রায়); nearing, about, nearly, a little less than (প্রায় প্রতিদিন, প্রায় লাখ টাকা). 69)

(p. 684) prabartita brought into use, introduced; inaugurated, started, commenced; established, founded; employed, initiated, induced. 12)

(p. 674) praṇaẏī a lover; a gallant. a. given to loving; amorous. প্রণয়িনী n. fem. a sweetheart, a lady-love; a mistress. a. fem. of প্রণয়ী । 4)

(p. 682) prapautra a grandson of one's son or nephew, a great-grandson. fem. প্রপৌত্রী n. a grand-daughter of one's son or nephew, a great-granddaughter. 44)