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. R. RABÁRI: A caste of shepherds. RÁDHA: A man dressed in woman's clothes as a dancer; name of a sweetheart of Krishna. RADIO: Crying. RÁFDA: A kind of jujube tree. RAGATIO: An order of ghosts. RÁHU: A demon with the tail of a dragon whose head was severed from his body by Vishnu. The head and tail, retaining their separate existence, were transferred to the planetary heavens, and became, the first, the eighth planet, and the second (Ketu) the ninth. RAINÁDEVI: Name of a goddess. RÁJÁH: A king. RÁJAYAJNA: A kind of sacrifice. RÁJBÁI MÁTA: Name of a goddess. RÁJBHOG ARATI: The ceremony of offering dainties and cooked food to the gods. RAJPUTÁNI: Wife of a Rajput; a Rajput woman. RÁKHADI: A piece of silk thread. RAKHEVÁLIO: An order of ghosts. RÁKSHASA: A demon. RÁLA: Panic seed. RÁLE: Panic seed. RAMALASHÁSTRA: The science of divining by means of figures or lines and dice. RÁMANAVAMI: The ninth day of the bright half of Chaitra celebrated as the birth day of Ráma. RÁMÁNUJA: Name of a great saint and philosopher who founded a sect of Vaishnavism. RÁMÁYANA: An epic poem by Válmiki describing the exploits and adventures of Ráma. RÁMCHANDRA: A name of Ráma. RÁMESHWAR: A name of Shiva. RÁMNÁTH: Name of a deity. RÁNDAL: Name of a goddess who presides over child-birth. RÁNDHAN CHHETHA: The cooking sixth, the sixth day of the dark half of Shráwan. RANGPANCHAMI: The fifth day of the dark half of Phálgun on which coloured water is thrown. RÁNJANI: A kind of tree. RANNA DEVI: Name of a goddess who presides over child-birth. RÁNO: A Lord. RÁSHI: Signs of the Zodiac. RATANVO PÁRO: A kind of stone. RATANWA: A kind of skin disease. RATH: A charriot. RATHA SAPTAMI: The seventh day of the bright half of Mágh. RATNA: A jewel.