puruṣārthī a and mc manly or industrious person; प्रायः शरणार्थी ~ थे most of the refugees were industrious.

patit a fallen, degraded: ~ लोग -- people; ~ अवस्था degradation; ~ -पावन Saviour of the fallen.

punarvivāh mu/c re- marriage: विधवाओं का ~ -- of widows.

pã̄ī˜ṭh fu/c (temporary) market: ~ का दिन marketing day; यहाँ हर आठवें दिन ~ लगती है the market is held here every eighth day, [fig.] golden chances are only occasional. [syn. हाट, बाज़ार]

prasanna a pleased, happy, glad: ~ चित्त happy mind; ~ मुख happy face; मैं उसके परीक्षा-फल से ~ हूँ I am pleased with his exam. result; तुम उससे मिलकर ~ होगे you will be happy/pleased to meet her/him; वह ~ दिखाई देता था he looked happy; आशा है कि आप ~ होंगे it is hoped that you will be happy; ~ करना to please: नौकर ने स्वामी को ~ कर दिया the servant pleased the master.

paṭānā vt 1. to get smth covered up: गड्ढा/कमरा ~ to get a pit/room covered up. 2. to settle, to conclude: सौदा ~ -- a bargain; ऋण पटाना to repay the debt in full. [vi पटना]

pachīs, पचीसवाँ pachīs·vã̄ a [better] पच्चीस and पच्चीसवाँ q. v.

¹ pārṭī fc party [काँग्रेस congress, पार्लमेंटरी parliamentary, समाजवादी/सोशलिस्ट socialist]; ~ का उम्मीदवार -- candidate; ~ का मेंबर/सदस्य member of the --; ~ में शामिल होना to join a --. [syn. दल]

parivarddhan, परिवर्धन parivardhan mu enlargement, extension: पुस्तक (चित्र, मन, भवन) का ~ -- of a book (painting, mind, building).

premikā fc beloved woman: कथा के नायक की ~ the -- of the hero in the story; प्रेमी और ~ the lover and the beloved.