prasthān mu departure, setting out: पटना के लिए राष्टपति का ~ -- of the President for Patna; ~ करना to set out, to depart: सेना ने ~ किया the army set out; संसार से ~ कर जाना to depart from the world.

pākhaṇḍ mc hypocrisy, dissimulation [धार्मिक religious, राजनीतिक political, संसारी worldly]; ~ करना to dissimulate, to put up show; ~ फैलाना to indulge in --. [syn. ढकोसला].

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

pūj·nā vt (a) to worship: वे मूर्तियों को पूजते हैं they worship idols; माँ के चरणों को पूजो worship the feet of your mother, (b) to honour: हुंडी ~ to honour a bill of exchange.

pratiṣṭhit a esteemed: ~ कलाकार -- artist; ~ व्यक्‍ित -- person, a man of esteem.

pravāh mu flow: पानी (शब्दों, समय) का ~ -- of water (words, time); नदी के ~ में बहना to go with the flow/current of the river. [syn. बहाव]

palak fc eyelid; △ ~ झपकते/ मारते in the twinkling of an eye, in no time; ~ झपकना/मारना to wink, to twinkle; ~ लगना to have a short nap, to close the eye lids; ~ से ~ न लगना to lie wide awake, to have no sleep; पलकें बिछाना to extend respectful welcome; पलकें मूँदना to close the eyelids for ever, to die.

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

prārthanā-patra mc application: तुम्हारा ~ मिल गया है your -- has been received; छुट्टी के लिए ~ -- for leave; ~ देना (प्रस्तुत करना, मंज़ूर करना) to give (submit, grant) an --. [syn. आवेदन-पत्र, अर्जी]

preraṇātmak a inspiring [पुस्तकें books, शब्द words, कथन statement].