پوربي pūrbī S̱. 1. s. f. (पौर्वी) The name of a rāginī sung before evening. 2. adj. (पौर्विक) Eastern, from the east. 3. A kind of rice from the east of Bengal.

پهپها phupphā H s. m. The husband of a pater- nal aunt.

پهسکڙ phaskaṛ H s. m. Sitting on the ground with legs extended.

پهاگ phāg फल्गु S̱. s. m. 1. Red powder (sprinkled in the time of the Holī). 2. The act of throwing coloured powders in the Holī, the gambols of the Holī.

پيٿهـ paiṭh H s. m. 1. A duplicate (of a bill of exchange). 2. (from پيٿهنا) Entrance, ingress, admission, access.

پرسنسا प्रशंसा prasansā S s. f. Applause, praise, encomium.

پنچورا panchorā H s. m. An earthen vessel with a narrow neck and a hole in the bottom. When filled with water and the mouth stopped, no water flows from the hole below till the hand or whatever stopped the mouth be removed. (It is used as an experiment to illustrate the doc- trine of the horror vacui by the followers of Aristotle).

پتنگا patangā H s. m. A spark. پتنگاهونا pa- tangā honā, To go rapidly about a business.

پريتارتهـ प्रीतार्थ prītārth S s. m. For the plea- sure or pleasing.

پاٿهي पाठी pāṭhī S 1. s. m. The same as پاٿهک pāṭhak, q. v. 2. s. f. A young goat.