(p. 652) piśāca a necrophagous evil spirit, a ghoul; (fig.) a man of vile or cruel or nauseating or abominable nature. fem. পিশাচী, (inc.) পিশাচিনী । ̃তত্ত্ব n. demonology. ̃সিদ্ধ a. one who has made a ghoul one's slave by means of rigorous ascetic practices. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । 4)

(p. 629) palāgni bile. 20)

(p. 682) pradhbaṃsa annihilation, destruction. প্রধ্বংসী a. annihilating, destructive. 36)

(p. 678) pratisaṃhṛta (of weapons etc.) held back, withheld; warded off. 32)

(p. 625) parōẏā heedfulness, care (উপদেশের পরোয়া); fear, daunt; concern, anxiety. পরোয়া করা v. to pay heed to; (esp. in neg.) to care; to be afraid of, to fear; to be concerned or anxious about. কুছ পরোয়া নেই no fear; no matter; never mind. 67)

(p. 688) praśāsaka administrator. 25)

(p. 692) prācīra a wall; a rampart; a parapet. ̃চিত্র n. wallpainting, a drawing on the wall. ̃পত্র n. a wallpaper, a wall magazine. ̃বেষ্টিত a. enclosed with a wall, walled (প্রাচীরবেষ্টিত নগর). 23)

(p. 675) pratikalpa a substitute. প্রতিকল্পন n. substitution. 6)

(p. 680) pratīkṣamāṇa waiting for, awaiting; expecting, expectant. fem. প্রতীক্ষমাণা । 3)

(p. 606) paḍ়nta about to fall; declining; about to terminate or end, coming to a close (পড়ন্ত বেলা, পড়ন্ত দিন); setting (পড়ন্ত রোদ). পড়ন্ত বেলা the closing hours of the day. 7)

(p. 669) pra- denoting excellence, celebrity, abundance, excess, intensity, extensiveness, inception etc. 24)

(p. 628) paryāẏa a turn; serial order; succession; state, condition, shape, form, series (নবপর্যায়); a generation (আদিপুরুষ থেকে সাতাশের পর্যায়); a synonym (usu. পর্যায়শব্দ); (chiefly in sc.) a period (usu. পর্যায়কাল). ̃ক্রমে adv. by turns; serially; successively; alternately. ̃চ্যুতি, ̃ভঙ্গ n. a break in the series, a break in periodicity; inversion. ̃শব্দ n. synonymous words; related or cognate words. ̃সম a. rhyming alternately. ̃সারণি n. (chem.) a periodic table. 23)

(p. 633) pāṭi1, pāṭī1 a finely woven mat of a kind of aquatic grass. 87)

(p. 678) pratisbākṣara countersignature. প্রতিস্বাক্ষরিত a. countersigned. 42)

(p. 619) paridarśaka an observer; an inspector; a supervisor; a probation officer (as of juvenile offenders), visitor (of an institution.) 95)