පස්·වග·මහණ, n. the five Brahmin ascetics who first heard Buddha preach.

පෑ·තැටිය, n. hour-pan, viz. water clock, clepsydra, hydroscope.

පෝෂ්‍යය, n. nutriment &c.; see පෝෂණය; maintenance, nurture.

පැඩිලි, පැඬිලි, a. white, pale, සුදු, සුදුමැළි; see පාණ්ඩු.

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.

ප්‍රති·ඥාය, ප්‍රති·ඥාව, n. promise, agreement; admission, acknowledgement; ඒත්තුගැනීම; log. proposition, E. S.

ප්‍ර·ද, a. (ප්‍ර emp., ද giving), bestowing, giving, දෙන.

පෙළපත්·ලේඛනය, n. See පෙළන්තිලේඛනය.

පින්·පත්‍රය, n. subscription paper by which subscribers of money get merit.

පාඨනයකරනවා, v. t. to read, peruse, කියවනවා.