پيامبر payām-bar P s. m. A messenger, a pro- phet. See پيغامبر.

پور por पर्व S̱. s. f. The space or interval be- tween two joints or articulations (of the body, or of a bamboo, sugar-cane, &c.). پورپور por- por, adv. Every joint.

پيلباني pīl-bān-ī P s. f. The business of taking care of elephants.

پتري पुत्री putrī S s. f. A daughter. ¶ patrī (from पत्र) s. f. A letter, note, epistle.

پيڙا peṛā पिंड S̱. s. m. 1. A kind of sweetmeat made with curds. 2. A globular mass of lea- ven prepared for baking.

پيٿها pīṭhā पिष्टक S̱. s. m. A kind of food made of rice and flour.

پنياٴي punyāʼī S̱. (from पुण्य) s. f. 1. A vir- tuous action, performed (according to those who hold the doctrine of the metempsychosis) in one state of existence, the reward of which is received in a future transmigration. 2. Merit of an ancestor rewarded in his descendants.

پشکش pish-kash P s. m. See پيشکش pesh-kash.

پرنت परंतु parantu S conj. Afterwards also, but.

پروهت पुरोहित पुरस् Before, formerly, and हित Appointed, employed purohit S. or pro- hit, s. m. A family priest conducting all the ce- remonials and sacrifices of a house or family.