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.