پرم परम param S adj. Best, most excellent, chief, principal, first, supreme. پرمارتهـ para- mārth (from ارتهـ Meaning, intention) s. m. The first pursuit, the best end, virtue, merit. پرمارتهي paramārth-ī, adj. Religious, seeking the best end, virtuous. پرمانند param-ānand, Great plea- sure. پرم پد param-pad, s. m. Heaven or beati- tude. پرم دهام param-dhām, s. m. Paradise. پرم گت param-gati, s. f. Eternal felicity, hea- venly bliss.

پهاڙنا phāṛnā S̱. (स्फाटन or caus. of پهٿنا q. v.) v. a. To tear, rend, split, break, cleave (wood, &c.), to tear open, burst, rip.

پيسنا pīsnā पेषण S̱. 1. v. a. To grind, to tritu- rate, to bruise, to powder; to gnash (the teeth). 2. s. m. The corn or grain for grinding.

پيکر paikar P s. m. f. 1. Face, countenance, vi- sage, form, appearance. 2. A portrait, a likeness. (Much used in compos. as) ظفرپيکر z̤afar- paikar, Victory in face, victorious.

پرگنه pargana P s. m. An inferiour division of a country (less than a ضلع ẓilﻌ) nearly equalling a barony. پرگنه دار pargana-dār, s. m. The su- periour officer of a pargana, lord of the barony.

پنکهڙي pankhṛī S̱. (from पक्ष A wing, a feather) s. f. A petal, a flower-leaf.

پيٿنا pīṭnā पीडन S̱. v. a. To beat, to thrash, to dash, to strike, to knock, to pound.

پربها प्रभा प्र and r. भा Shine prabhā S. s. f. Splendour.

پنجاب panj-āb P (پنج آب) s. m. Name of a country. (Sans. पंचनद).

پسند pasand P 1. s. f. Choice, approbation. 2. adj. or part. (from پسنديدن) in compos. Ap- proved, grateful, approving, choosing; as دل پسند dil-pasand, Grateful to the heart, agree- able. حق پسند ḥaḳḳ-pasand, Approving what is just. پسندآنا pasand ānā, To be approved or chosen, to please. پسندکرنا pasand karnā, To approve, choose, like.