(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. 675) pratidina everyday, daily; per diem, each day (প্রতিদিন কত মজুরি); day by day. 30)

(p. 688) prasakta greatly inclined or attached to, enamoured of; greatly addicted to. প্রসক্তি n. great inclination for or attachment or addiction to. 32)

(p. 606) pathika a wayfarer, a pedestrian, a passer-by; a traveller. 44)

(p. 619) paridṛśyamāna visible all around; thoroughly visible; manifest. 98)

(p. 642) pānā4 a kind of aquatic algae, waterwort. 14)

(p. 633) pāka3 a mythological demon. ̃শাসন n. Indra (ইন্দ্র), the slayer of Paka (পাক) the demon. 23)

(p. 692) prājana a truncheon for driving cattle. 26)

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

(p. 615) paradharmadbēṣī hostile to other's religion or creed, intolerant of others' religion or of religion not one's own. 24)

(p. 673) prajñā superior understanding or intelligence, profound wisdom; knowledge about philosophical reality. ̃চক্ষু n. eyes having superhuman or rare power of attaining knowledge; power to attain knowledge about philosophical reality. a. having superhumanly or uncommonly knowing eyes; endowed with philosophical insight into the ultimate reality. ̃ত a. well-known or widely known; famous. ̃ন n. especial or superior knowledge; knowledge about philosophical reality; a sign, a token; a hint. ̃পক n. a propagandist; a publicity man, a publicity officer. ̃পন n. propaganda; publicity; notification; a communique. ̃পারমিতা n. culmination of knowledge; highest knowledge; (in Buddhism) the goddess of knowledge. ̃বান a. endowed with the knowledge about philosophical reality; profoundly wise. 11)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā2 a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোয়ালপাড়া). পাড়া বেড়ানো. v. to stroll about idly in the neighbourhood, to go round the locality. 13)

(p. 614) paraka alien. 21)

(p. 675) pratipādikā of প্রতিপাদক । 50)

(p. 633) pākhōẏāja a musical instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. পাখোয়াজি n. one who can play on this instrument. 45)