පව·ග, පව·ඟු, n. (ග to go), lit. mountain-ranger, viz. the black monkey: see වඳුරා.

පැය, n. hour of sixty minutes; the Sinhalese hour of 24 minutes.

පීනීම, පීනුම, v. n. of පීනනවා: swimming.

ප්‍ර·මේහය, ප්‍ර·මේහ·රෝගය, n. (ප්‍ර emp., මේහ urine), urinary disease: diabetes, gouorrhcea &c.

පරිපසනවා, පරිපාකකරනවා, v. t. to ripen, mature, මෝරනවා or පැසවනවා.

පුනර්, prefix, again, නැවත.

පෞරාණික·කුම්හීලයා, n. paleosaurus, යටගියපුරාණ කිඹුලා.

පත්·කුඩය, n. leaf umbrella, තලපත.

පොල්වාකර, n. arrack of the first distillation.

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.