Parâsara, [241]–2.

Parawa, [371].

Parna, [370].

Parrots, their fabled sagacity, [270]. [309]–15;
Ktesians on their speech, [399];
pets of antiquity, [399].

Patna, [381].

Pauscha (see Pushja).

Pearls, worn in profusion, [371];
the custom carried to Rome, ib.;
pearl-fishery, ib.;
influences of their formation, ib.;
discovered by Crishna, [389];
names, ib.

Pelâmaha, [334].

Persian designation of India, vii.

Phagss-pa, [345].