(p. 687) praẏōjana necessity, need; purpose, object, end; motive; cause, occasion; use. প্রয়োজনাতিরিক্ত, প্রয়োজনাতীত a. more than what is necessary; more than enough; superfluous; unnecessary, redundant. প্রয়োজনানুরূপ a. satisfying needs, just enough to meet (one's) requirement, adequate, sufficient. প্রয়োজনীয় a. necessary, needful; serviceable, useful. প্রয়োজনীয়তা n. necessity, need; serviceability, usefulness. 20)

(p. 638) pāthari (med.) a stone-like concretion formed within the body, calculus, concretion. দাঁতের পাথরি incrustation of saliva, calcium phosphate etc. forming on the teeth, tartar formed on teeth. 57)

(p. 647) pica2 a juicy stone-fruit, peach. 37)

(p. 654) purādhyakṣa a governor of a city; a warden of a house. 45)

(p. 645) pāla4 (of animals) a flock, a herd, a drove. একপাল কুকুরছানা a litter of puppies. একপাল উট a drove of camels. একপাল গরু-মোষ a herd of cattle. একপাল নেকড়ে a pack of wolves. একপাল ভেড়া a flock of sheep. একপাল মুরগির ছানা a brood of chickens. একপাল হরিণ a herd of deer. পালের গোদা the leader of a herd; (dero.) a ring-leader. 12)

(p. 681) pratyālīḍh় the kneeling posture of an archer whilst shooting with his right leg doubled in the front and the left stretched out at the back. 24)

(p. 644) pāradarśī foresighted; experienced, judicious; expert, adept; competent. fem. পারদর্শিনী । পারদর্শিতা n. foresight; experience; judiciousness, expertness, adeptness; competency. 5)

(p. 681) pratyānaẏana bringing back; act of bringing again. প্রত্যানয়ন করা v. to bring back; to bring again. 18)

(p. 647) picha, pichana the back; the backside, the rear; (fig.) the past. পিছনে চলা v. to go or move backwards; to retrograde; to return or recede. পিছনে চাওয়া, পিছনে দেখা v. to look to one's own back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছন পিছন, পিছনে পিছনে on the back of, at the heels of. পিছন ফেরা v. to turn back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছটান, পিছনটান n. (lit.) a pull from the back; (fig.) attachment to one's family circle which retards or impedes one's progress. পিছপা a. taken aback, recoiled; reluctant. পিছপা হওয়া v. to be taken aback, to recoil, to flinch (in fear, pain etc.); to be reluctant. পিছমোড়া a. pinioned at the back. পিছমোড়া করে বাঁধা to pinion one at one's back. পিছনে লাগা v. to tease or vex (somebody); to make fun playfully or annoyingly. 43)

(p. 601) pakṣibidyā ornithology. 26)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā1 to bring down (নারকেল পা়ড়া, তাক থেকে পাড়া); to pluck (ফুল পাড়া); to knock down (ভীম কীচককে পেড়ে ফেললেন); to cause to take to one's bed, to prostrate (জ্বরে তাকে পেড়ে ফেলেছে); to lay out (বিছানা পাড়া = to make a bed); to lay as eggs (ডিম পাড়া = to lay an egg); to pronounce loudly (গাল পাড়া = to shout abuses at); to invoke as in solemn appeal (দোহাই পাড়া = to invoke as in solemn appeal, to call down or upon); to remove, to clear (এঁটো পাড়া = to clear the table). 12)

(p. 650) pirica a saucer. 34)

(p. 652) pilu an Indian musical mode. 3)

(p. 696) plābaka one who or that which floods. 67)

(p. 633) pān̐caphōḍ়na cumin-seed, black cuminseed, fenugreek seed, aniseed and parsley; these five kinds of spices collectively. 2)