(p. 682) pradhāna chief, main, principal; prime; most important; leading, foremost; preeminent; predominant. in comp. (used as a sfx.) dominated by or chiefly characterized by (শীতপ্রধান). n. a chief; a headman; a leader; a royal counsellor; God; the primordial female energy. fem. প্রধানা । প্রধান অক্ষ the principal axis. প্রধান অতিথি the chief guest. প্রধান আরক্ষিক the head constable. প্রধান কারণিক the head clerk. প্রধান কর্মসচিব the Chief Secretary. প্রধান চরিত্র the principal or chief or the focal character. প্রধানত adv. chiefly, mainly, principally, pre-eminently, predominantly. প্রধানতা n. primeness; supremacy; preeminence, predominance. প্রধান বিচারপতি the Chief Justice. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the Prime Minister. ̃মূল (bot.) the tap root. ̃শিক্ষক the headmaster. fem. ̃শিক্ষিকা the headmistress. প্রধান সেনাপতি the Commander-in-Chief. 32)

(p. 678) pratisārī going in an opposite direction; refracting; going against. 39)

(p. 615) paramāṇu an atom. পরমাণু-অঙ্ক n. (phys.) an atomic number. পরমাণু তত্ত্ব, ̃বাদ n. the atomic theory; (phil & psy.) atomism. ˜তাত্ত্বিক, ̃বাদী n. an atomist. a. atomistic. পরমাণু তাপ n. (phys.) atomic heat. পরমাণু বোমা n. the atom bomb. পরমাণু ভার n. (phys.) atomic weight. 54)

(p. 688) prahṛta beaten, smitten; struck. 73)

(p. 678) pratiyōga antipathy; enmity, hostility; quarrel; rivalry; competition. প্রতিযোগিতা n. rivalry; competition; vying. প্রতিযোগিতা করা v. to compete or vie (with). প্রতিযোগিতামূলক, প্রতিযোগীতাপূর্ণ a. competitive. প্রতিযোগী a. rivalling; competing; vying; (geom.) conjugate. n. a rival; a competitor. fem. প্রতিযোগিনী । 15)

(p. 666) paiśāca ghoulish. n. a form of marriage by force or artfulness. পৈশাচিক a. ghoulish; (fig.) nefarious, extremely obnoxious. fem. পৈশাচিকী । পৈশাচিকতা n. ghoulishness; (fig.) nefariousness, extreme obnoxiousness, fiendlike conduct. পৈশাচী a. fem. of পৈশাচ । 4)

(p. 652) puchā, pōchā to ask, to inquire, to question, to interrogate; to pay heed to, to attach importance to (তাকে কেউ পোছে না).

(p. 666) pōtā1 plinth (of a house). 26)

(p. 667) pauruṣēẏa (rare) pertaining to a man, masculine; man-made. 44)

(p. 669) pyānṭa, pyānaṭa pantaloons; shorts. (ফুল) প্যান্ট n. trousers. হাফপ্যান্ট n. shorts. 18)

(p. 684) prabēṣṭā an enterer. 29)

(p. 638) pātanāmā beginning, inception; preface. 34)

(p. 628) paryanta removed; thrown all round; scattered; turned upside down, overturned; reversed. 18)

(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. 675) pratinibartana return; refraining or desistance. 37)