පා, post. by, used in oaths, as මගේ ඇස්දෙක පා, by my two eyes. (Perhaps from පානවා exhibiting, staking, my two eyes).

පදාකාර, a. according to the text, textual.

පීතාම්බරය, n. one wearing yellow dress: ap. of religious mendicant, of an actor and of Krishna, so dressed.

පස්·විසි·මහ·බය, n. the twenty-five, great fears or causes of fear, viz. birth, old age, sickness, sorrow and death, which, as belonging to the past. present and future, are reckoned as fifteen, to which are added the following ten, viz. fear of thieves, enmity, oppression, persecution, punishment, conscience, water, fire, wild beasts, and incurable disease.

පක්‍ෂි·බොක්ක, n. gizzard.

පූර්‍ව·රාත්‍රය, n. first part of the night, රාත්‍රියේ පෙරභාගය.

පලා, n. pl. or a. vegetables, herbs, vegetation; vegetable-.

පූඩාවා, n. leech, කූඩැල්ලා.

ප්‍ර·ස්තාරය, n. thicket, කැලැව; outspread of flowers, leaves &c. for a bed, any bed, යහන; scanning (verses). E. S.

පුංචි, n. fem. little girl.