(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. 619) paridarśī observing (esp. carefully); inspecting; supervising. 97)

(p. 675) pratipada the first lunar day of a month. 44)

(p. 652) pīḍ়āpīḍ়i repeated insistence or importunities or forcing. পীড়াপীড়ি করা v. to insist (on) or importune or force repeatedly, to pester, to press for. 25)

(p. 654) pēṭuka gluttonous, voracious, fond of eating. পেটুক লোক n. a glutton, a gourmand, a belly-god. 136)

(p. 619) parimanḍala an orbit; a circle; a circumference; (fig.) a society or sphere; environment; surrounding, encirclement; a globe; any globular object.

(p. 633) pān̐ti a row, a line (দাঁতের পাঁতি); a line quoted from scriptures as an authority, a scriptural prescription (পাঁতি দেওয়া); style, manner ('কথার দেখ পাঁতি'); a letter, a note ('রতন হারে বাঁধিয়া দিনু পাঁতি'); information about identity, descriptive particulars (জাতির পাঁতি). ̃পত্র n. a solemn marriage-contract drawn up in black and white. পাঁতিপত্র করা v. to draw up a solemn marriage-contract in black and white. 15)

(p. 696) priẏa a beloved person; a lover; a darling; (chiefly in address) a husband; a friend. a. dear; beloved; favourite (প্রিয় বস্তু); pleasant. প্রিয়ংবদ a. fair-spoken, sweet-tongued. fem. প্রিয়ংবদা । ̃কারক, ̃কারী a. doing agreeable things, causing pleasure by one's actions. fem. ̃কারিণী । ̃চিকীর্ষা n. desire of doing things agreeable to another, desire to do a good turn (to), benevolence. ̃চিকীর্ষু a. desirous of doing things agreeable to another, desirous of doing a good turn (to), benevolent. ̃জন n. a beloved person; a favourite; a kinsman or relative; a friend. ̃তম a. super. of প্রিয় । n. a most beloved person; a lover; a darling; a husband. fem. ̃তমা । ̃তর a. compar. of িয় (a.). ̃দর্শন a. good-looking, handsome, comely. fem. ̃দর্শনা । ̃দর্শী a. treating everybody with love or affection. fem. ̃দর্শিনী । ̃পাত্র n. a favourite, a beloved person fem. ̃পাত্রী । ̃বচন, ̃বাক্য n. pleasant or sweet words; adulatory words. ̃বাদী same as িয়ংবদ fem. িয়বাদিনী । ̃বিয়োগ n. loss or death of a dear one, bereavement. ̃বিরহ n. separation from one's lover or dear one. ̃ভাষণ n. pleasant or sweet speech; adulatory speech. ̃ভাষী same as িয়ংবদ । fem. ̃ভাষিণী । ̃সখ (pop.) ̃সখা n. a dear or bosom friend; a boon companion. fem. ̃সখী । ̃সমাগম n. union or re-union with a dear one or dear ones; visit of dear ones. প্রিয়া a. fem. of িয় । n. fem. a lady-love, a sweetheart; a darling; (chiefly in address) a wife. 22)

(p. 606) patana act of falling or dropping, a fall; act or state of being shed or showered; a shower; decline, downfall (সাম্রাজ্যের পতন); overthrow, defeat (শত্রুর পতন); slaughter, death (যুদ্ধে পতন); destruction (দেহের পতন); capture (দুর্গের পতন); depravation, corruption (সাধুর পতন); a defect (ছন্দপতন); failing, omission ('স্খলন-পতন-ত্রুটি'). পতন ঘটা v. to have a fall; to fall, to drop; to be shed or showered; to decline, to have a downfall, to be overthrown or defeated or killed or destroyed or captured or depraved or corrupted; to be omitted. পতন ঘটানো v. to cause a fall; to fell; to drop; to shed or shower; to cause decline or downfall; to overthrow or defeat; to kill; to destroy; to capture; to deprave or corrupt; to cause an omission. ̃শীল a. falling, dropping; being shed or showered; declining; on the wane; perishable. পতনোন্মুখ a. about to fall or drop or decline; tottering. 25)

(p. 629) paryēṣaṇa, paryēṣaṇā search, investigation; research. 4)

(p. 619) pariṇīta married, wedded. fem. পরিণীতা । 81)

(p. 618) paraśrīkātara mortified at another's good or prosperity, pained at another's good fortune or weal, envious. fem. পরশ্রীকাতরা । ̃তা n. envy. 8)

(p. 625) parirakṣita preserved; protected; guarded; kept under careful custody or guardianship. 17)

(p. 606) paẏḥ milk; water. ̃প্রণালী n. a drain, gutter; a watercourse. 82)

(p. 667) pōṣa2 taming, domestication; act of bringing under one's control, subdual. পোষ-মানা a. tame, domesticated; brought under control, subdued; habituated to obedience. পোষ মানা v. to become tame or domesticated; to come under control, to be subdued; to be habituated to obedience; (of a horse) to be broken. পোষ মানানো v. to tame, to domesticate; to bring under one's control, to subdue; to habituate to obedience; to break (as a horse). 18)