පිටි·සර·බඳ, a. situated in the country, outlying.

ප්‍රේමකරවනවා, v. t. to cause to love, enamour.

පාත, a. or n. See පහත.

ප්‍ර·වේෂ්ටය, n. (වේෂ්ට to surround), forearm, අත් දණ්ඩ; elephant's gums or housings.

පුෂ්පාසනය, n. seat or board on which flowers are placed as offerings.

පණිතව්‍ය, a. saleable, vendible, to be sold, විකී ණෙන E. S.

පණුපළඟා, a. sort of grasshopper.

ප්‍ර·හීණය, n. diminution, පිරිහිම, අඩුවීම, lack, අඩුකම, loss, හානිය.

පියවරලා, n. fish, මාලුවා.

පුරාණය, n. One of a class of H. sacred and poetical works, which are said to have been compiled or composed by the poet ව්‍යාස. Of these there are eighteen, with eighteen supplementary works called Upa Purana, උප පුරාණ. They treat of the creation, destruction and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Man us and the transactions of their descendants. These works constitute the H. theology, and are much studied.