(p. 633) pāṭa1 a well-curb. 73)

(p. 688) pralaẏa, pralaẏakānḍa universal dissolution or annihilation; a complete or very extensive destruction or holocaust; (fig.) a terrible disturbance or affray. প্রলয়কাল n. the time of universal dissolution or annihilation. প্রলয়ংকর a. causing universal dissolution; causing a complete or very extensive destruction; (fig.) terribly disturbing. প্রলয়নাচন, প্রলয়নৃত্য n. the cataclysmal dance of Lord Siva as described in the Puranas. প্রলয়পয়োধি n. the ocean of universal cataclysm or deluge. প্রলয়লীলা n. same as প্রলয়কান্ড । 7)

(p. 672) pracala current. n. a convention. ̃ন n. act of bringing into practice, introduction usage, practice; currency. প্রচলন করা v. to bring into practice or currency; to introduce. প্রচলন হওয়া v. to be introduced or practised; to gain currency. প্রচলিত a. introduced; current, in vogue or prevailing taste; customary. 11)

(p. 688) prasādhita dressed; toileted; embellished; decorated. 41)

(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. 669) pauṣa Paus, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar from mid December to mid January. ̃পার্বণ n. the festival of preparing and offering sweet pies made of new rice on the last day of the month of Paus. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. the last day of the month of Paus. পৌষালি a. relating to or grown in or performed in the month of Paus. 6)

(p. 649) piṇḍa a lump; a conglomerated mass; (loos.) anything ball-shaped, a ball; food offering to the manes of forefathers; a lump of food; the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or the five elements). ̃খর্জুর, (coll.) পিণ্ডে খেজুর n. dates preserved in lumps, lump-dates. ̃দ, ̃দাতা a. scripturally authorized to give food-offering to the manes; giving food-offering to the manes; providing with food. n. such a man. fem. পিণ্ডদা, পিণ্ডদাত্রী । ̃দান n. the sacrament of food-offering to the manes. পিণ্ডদান করা v. to offer food to the manes. ̃লোপ n. extinction or absence of persons or descendants authorized to offer food to one's manes; extinction of one's line of descent. ̃শরীর n. the body (as a conglomerated mass of পঞ্চভূত or five elements). 15)

(p. 675) pratidina everyday, daily; per diem, each day (প্রতিদিন কত মজুরি); day by day. 30)

(p. 675) pratikṣēpaṇa act of throwing back or rebounding. প্রতিক্ষেপণ করা v. to throw back, to rebound. 16)

(p. 688) praharaṇa a weapon (usu. one wielded by the hand, that is, not a missile); beating or striking. 67)

(p. 633) pāgaḍ়i a turban; a head-cloth. ̃ধারী n. turbaned. 46)

(p. 642) pāẏadala walking, on foot. 41)

(p. 652) pīḍyamāna in the state of being oppressed or persecuted. 27)

(p. 628) paryabēkṣita watched; observed. 16)

(p. 669) prakāraṇa variation. নিরন্তর প্রকারণ (bot.) continuous variation. সান্তর প্রকারণ (bot.) discontinuous variation. 33)