pramāṇit a certified [प्रति copy, मानचित्र map]; ~ करना to certify: मैं ~ करता हूँ कि... I certify that....

pan- 1. shortened form of पान, betel, in पनडब्बा a casket for betel leaves, पनवाड़ी betel-seller. 2. shortened form of पानी water, in compounds, as पनघट periphery of a well, पनचक्की water-mill, पनडुब्बी submarine, पनसाल water kiosk.

prabhu mc (a) Master, God: हे ~ O God! ~ की दया grace of God.

pāīravī fu following: किसी नेता की ~ following a leader; ~ करना to follow, to pursue: मुकद्दमे की ~ करना to pursue a case.

-pūrvak suff. [making adverbs, as in] ध्यानपूर्वक attentively; कृपापूर्वक kindly; कुशलतापूर्वक safely; विचारपुर्वक thoughtfully; सुखपूर्वक happily; सुविधापूर्वक easily.

pak·ṛānā vt [direct caus. of पकड़ना] = पकड़वाना; किसी को कोई चॣज़ ~ to make over smth to smb.

par·val mc parval, a kind of vegetable: ~ की बेल/लता -- creeper.

piyakkaṛ a and mc drunkard, boozy (person); वह भारी ~ था he was a big drunkard, he was a very boozy fellow.

paramātmā mu God, Supreme Being; ~ नित्य, अविनाशी, सर्वव्यापक और सर्वशक्‍ितमान् है -- is eternal, indestructible, all-pervading and all-powerful; ~ जाने -- knows; ~ ने चाहा तो -- willing; हे ~ Oh God ! [syn. भगवान्, ईश्‍वर]

pradhān I. a (a) head [अध्यापक master, अध्यापिका mistress, डाकघर post-office, कार्यालय office]. (b) main [कारण cause, विषय subject. (c) chief: ~ लिपिक -- clerk; ~ सेनापति commander-in-chief. (d) प्रधान मंत्री prime minister; ~ उद्योग primary industry. [syn. मुख्य] II. mc chairman, president: सभा का ~ -- of an association.