(p. 601) pañcāẏēta a village council (ori. consisting of five members), a panchayet. পঞ্চায়েতি n. work or arbitration of a panchayet; councilship of a panchayet. a. relating to a panchayet. 56)

(p. 681) pratyāhata beaten back, repulsed, warded off, staved off; prevented; obstructed, resisted; frustrated; foiled. 27)

(p. 638) pātipāti line by line; minutely; ransackingly. পাতিপাতি করা v. to search line by line; to search minutely, to ransack, to rummage, to make a thorough search, to rifle. 50)

(p. 665) pēnasila a pencil. 12)

(p. 601) pakṣāpakṣa the other fortnight; one's friends and foes or supporters and antagonists. ̃বিচার n. discrimination between one's friends and enemies. ̃বিচারহীন a. impartial (পক্ষাপক্ষবিচারহীন মন্তব্য); indiscriminate (পক্ষাপক্ষবিচারহীন হত্যা). 21)

(p. 606) paḍ়ēna2 a mass of metal, adjusted to a standard and used for finding weight, a weight. 15)

(p. 631) paścāddhābana act of running after; act of chasing. পশ্চাদ্ধাবন করা v. to run after; to chase, to pursue. 2)

(p. 606) padmāsana a particular posture of yogic sitting; one seated in this posture; an appellation of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). পদ্মাসনা a. seated on a lotus. n. goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 65)

(p. 652) pun̐thi a book; an ancient manuscript. পুঁথি বাড়ানো v. to lengthen out unnecessarily. ̃গত a. contained in or available in books only; bookish. পুঁথিগত বিদ্যা book-learning. ̃পত্র n. books and papers. ̃শালা n. a library; a museum or a repository of ancient manuscript. 44)

(p. 665) pēśi, pēśī a muscle, a tendon; a sheath of a sword, a scabbard. পেশীয় a. relating to muscles, muscular. ̃বহুল a. muscular, brawny, thewy, robust, lusty. ̃শক্তি n. power of the muscles; physical strength. ̃সঞ্চালন n. flexing or movement of muscles. 34)

(p. 618) parākāṣṭhā highest excellence; extreme altitude or limit; acme, zenith; (often iron.) culmination. 24)

(p. 647) pichānō to fall back; to recoil, to flinch; to back out; to retreat, to beat a retreat; to move (towards one's) back; to put off or be put off, to postpone or be postponed, to defer or be deferred. 45)

(p. 654) pulipōlāō deportation to Port Blair; (loos.) deportation, transportation. 72)

(p. 674) pratāna (of creepers etc.) tension; a tendril. 18)

(p. 680) pratīẏamāna that which is being or capable of being realized or cognized or known; suggested (প্রতীয়মান সূর্য), (loos.) evident or visible. প্রতীয়মান হওয়া v. to appear, to wear the look of; to seem; to be evident, to be manifest. 11)