پاٴين pāʼīn P s. m. The lower part, the bottom. adj. Lower. adv. Beneath, under.

پونسلأي pūn-salā-ī H s. f. A thin roller on which cotton is prepared for spinning.

پنچهالا panchhālā S̱. (षुच्छ A tail) s. m. The tail of a paper kite.

پنچون panchoṅ S̱. (from पंच Five) s. Associates, friends.

پرتهـ पृथु pr̤ithu S n. prop. Name of an ancient Rājā, son of Vena, Rājā of Bettoor. He was married to a form of the goddess Laksh̤mī, taught men to cultivate the earth, &c.

پرزه purza P s. m. A scrap (generally applied to paper), piece, bit, rag, frippery; the nap of cloth or the down of birds. پرزي هونا purze honā, To be severely wounded in battle.

پنگل पिंगल pingal S 1. s. m. Name of a fabu- lous being in the form of a serpent to whom a treatise on prosody is ascribed. 2. Art of mea- suring verses, prosody. 3. adj. Tawny, pale.

پکهان pakhān S̱. (पाषाण) s. m. A stone.

پانچوان pānch-wāṅ पंचम S̱. adj. Fifth.

پست past P adj. Low, abject, lower, below. پست فطرت past-fit̤rat, adj. Of inferiour un- derstanding, low, base. پست همت past him- mat, adj. Low-minded, mean-spirited, un- ambitious. پست همتي past-himmat-ī, s. f. Low-mindedness, mean-spiritedness. پست وبلندديکهنا past o buland dekhnā, To consider and take precautions against the vicissitudes of for- tune.