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PÁDO: A he-buffalo.
PÁDUKA: Impressions of feet on stones.
PADVAL: Snake-gourd.
PADWAL: See Padval.
PAJUSAN: A holiday of Jains.
PALAS: A tree, Butea frondosa.
PALEJATRA: A ceremony performed at the sowing season.
PALE MARAD: An order of ghosts.
PÁLIO: A pillar. A tomb erected on the grave of a person who dies on a field of battle.
PALUS: See palas.
PÁN: A betel leaf.
PANCHAK: Grouping of constellations lasting for five days.
PANCHÁKSHARI: An exorcist.
PANCHÁMRITA: A mixture of milk, curds, sugar, ghi and honey.
PANCHARATNA: Five kinds of precious things, viz., gold, silver, copper, coral and pearls.
PANCHÁYATAN: The five deities, Shiva, Vishnu, Surya, Ganpati and Devi.
PANCHGAVYA: A mixture of the five products of the cow.
PANCHOPACHÁR: The presenting in oblation to an idol of five articles.
PÁNDAVA: A term applied to the five sons of Pandu.
PANDHAR: Name of a goddess.
PANDIT: A scholar.
PÁNDHRI: A kind of tree.
PÁNGALÁ-DEVI: Name of a goddess.
PANOTI: Certain peculiar conjunctions of planets; name of a goddess.
PÁPAD: Wafer biscuits.
PARADI: A disease-scaring basket; a basket.
PARAKÁYÁPRAVESH: Entering the body of another.
PARASHU: An axe.
PARDESHI: A term applied to men from Upper India, usually low caste.
PARJANYA: Rain.
PARJANYA-SHÁNTI: A ceremony performed to secure rainfall.
PARMÁR: A clan of Rajputs.
PÁRO: A kind of stone.
PÁRSHAD VAIKUNTHA: Name of a heavenly region.
PÁRTHISHWAR: Lord of the earth; a god.
PÁRVATI: The consort of Shiva.
PARWANI: A festival.
PASHUCHAR: An order of ghosts moving among beasts.
PASHUPATÁKA: A weapon of Shiva.
PASTANA: The being disposed for use—vessels, etc. for idol worship.
PÁT: A low wooden stool; marriage with a widow.
PÁTÁL: The nether world.
PÁTHA: Recitation.
PÁTIL: A village headman.
PATIT-PÁVAN: Purifier of the fallen.
PATKA: A head scarf.
PÁTLA: A low wooden stool.
PÁT LÁVANE: To marry a widow.
PAURÁNIC: As prescribed in the puránas.
PAUSH: The tenth month of the Deccani Hindu and the third month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year.
PÁVAIYA: A sect of goddess worshippers.
PÁVTE: A kind of grain.
PEDHE: A kind of sweets.
PEDI: A small heap or lápsi.
PEESA: An order of ghosts.
PENDA: A kind of sweets.
PETTOD: A kind of cattle disease.
PHÁLGUN: The twelfth month of the Deccani Hindu and the fifth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year.
PHANAS: The jack fruit.
PIDHÁN ÁRATI: The ceremony of substituting night ornaments on an idol for the costly ornaments of the day.
PILUDI: A kind of tree.
PIND: A rice ball.
PINDA: See Pind.
PINGLA: A species of birds.
PINJAR: Red powder.
PIPAL: A tree, Ficus religiosa.
PIPALESHWAR MAHÁDEV: A name of Shiva.
PIR: A Muhammadan name for a saint.
PIRAS PIPALO: Thespesia populwa.
PISHÁCHA: An evil spirit.
PITAR: A spirit of a deceased ancestor.
PITHI: Turmeric powder.
PITPÁPDO: Glossocardi Boswellia.
PITRA: Manes.
PITRI: An ancestral spirit.
PITRI SHRÁDDHA: A Shráddha in propitiation of the ancestral spirits.
PITRRIYA: A deceased ancestor.
PITRU PAKSHA: Manes’ fortnight, the dark half of the month of Bhádrapad.
POHOR: A measure of time equal to three hours.
POLIO: Hollow.
POLO: Hollow.
PONDHAR: Name of a goddess.
POPAT: A parrot.
POSHI: A class of chudels, an order of ghosts.
POTHIA: An exorcist; the bull of Shiva.
POTHIO: A bull.
PRÁCHETAS: A patronymic of Manu.
PRADAKSHINA: Circumambulation.
PRADOSHA: The thirteenth day of the dark half of a month.
PRALHÁD: The son of the demon Hiranyakashipu. He was a great devotee of Vishnu.
PRALAMBÁSUR: Name of a demon.
PRÁNA: Life.
PRÁNA-POKA: Death wail.
PRASÁD: Consecrated food.
PRASTHÁNA: See Pastana.
PRATÁB: An order of ghosts.
PRÁYASCHITTA: Penance.
PRAYOGA: Performance; experiment.
PRETA: A goblin; spirit of a person dying a sudden or accidental death.
PUDINA: Mentha Sativa.
PUJA: Worship.
PUJÁRI: A worshipper.
PUJYA: Deserving to be worshipped.
PULAP: Name of a sage.
PULASTYA: Name of a sage.
PUNARVASU: Name of a constellation.
PUNDARIK: Name of a mythological snake.
PUNEMA: The full moon day of a month.
PUNJI: Refuse.
PUNJO: Refuse.
PUNYÁHA WACHAN: A particular ceremony performed on festive occasions.
PUNYA STHÁNA: A holy place.
PUNYA TITHI: The death anniversary of a Sanyási or saint.
PURÁN: The name of a certain class of sacred books ascribed to Vyása and containing the whole body of Hindu mythology.
PURBHAYA: A term applied to persons from Upper India.
PURNÁHUTI: An offering into the fire of a handful of rice, ghi, cocoanuts and some other articles.
PURNIMA: See Paurnima.
PURNA TITHI: A complete day.
PURUSHOTTAM: Intercalary month.
PURVÁBHÁDRAPADA: Name of a constellation.
PURVÁ-FÁLGUNI: Name of a constellation.
PURVAJA: An ancestor.
PURVÁSHÁDHA: Name of a constellation.
PUSHKAR: Name of a snake.
PUSHYA: Name of a constellation.