(p. 665) pēṣaṇayantra a grinding stone. 40)

(p. 601) pañcāṅka having five acts, five-act (পঞ্চাঙ্ক নাটক). 52)

(p. 645) pālapārbaṇa different festivals religious and secular collectively. 22)

(p. 696) plābana a flood, a deluge. ̃পীড়িত floodstricken (বন্যাপীড়িত more usual). 68)

(p. 606) panērō fifteen. ̃ই a. (of the days of a month) fifteenth. n. the fifteenth day of a month, the fifteenth. 72)

(p. 605) paṭṭābāsa a tent. 21)

(p. 669) pyānṭāluna pantaloons, trousers; shorts. 19)

(p. 601) pam̐ẏatriśa & a. thirty-five. 11)

(p. 650) piẏānō2 a piano. 29)

(p. 619) paripōṣaṇa nourishment; cherishing; support; protection. পরিপোষণ করা v. to nourish; to cherish; to support; to protect. 120)

(p. 684) prabaṇa inclined or sloping (প্রবণভূমি); inclined to, prone to, tending to (ভাবপ্রবণ); attached or addicted to, given to (চৌর্যপ্রবণ); eager to, ready to; proficient in. ̃ভূমি n. an escarpment; a declivity. ̃তা n. inclination, propensity, declivity; tendency, disposition; attachment, addiction; eagerness, readiness; proficiency. 6)

(p. 688) prasara act of going, movement; speed; expanse, extent, range, উষ্ণতার প্রসর (geog.) the range of temperature. প্রসরণ n. strolling; encompassment of enemy forces; expansion, extension; expanse, extent, range. 36)

(p. 671) prakkaṇa sound of a lute or a vina (বীণা). 16)

(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. 629) paścādbhūmi the rear; the background; hinterland.