පිලන්‍ධනය, n. dressing, ornamentation, decoration, පැළඳීම, සැරසිල්ල.

පීඩ, n. lump, piece, small quantity pressed together (as of boiled rice, clay &c): pl. පිඩු.

පිළිමය, n. statue, idol, image, figure.

පරස්පර, a. correlative, reciprocal, mutual.

ප්‍රතිත්‍ය·සමුත්පාදය, n. (ප්‍රතිත්‍ය original, සං. with, උත්පාදය birth), the original birth or coming into existence (of sentient beings), which is said by Buddha to be from ignorance, from which proceeded the faculty of reflection, and from reflection knowledge, from knowledge the union of mind and matter or body and spirit, from this came the six senses, from these the faculty of perception, from perception enjoyment, from enjoyment desire, from desire the generative faculty, from this came all the various beings from gods to the minutest reptiles, whence all the incidents of life and circumstances of nature, as sorrow, decay, death, transinigration &c.

ප, n. The first letter of the labials or fifth class of consonants corresponding to the letter P.

පාන්·තීරය, n. lamp-wick, පාන්කඩය.

පටි·ලාභය, n. receiving again, reward, return, ලාභය, ඵලවිපාකය.

පණුවා, n. worm; maggot.

පහූත·ජිහ්වා, n. large-tongued one: ap. of Buddha, who had a large tongue which was one of his personal beauties.