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Words Starting with P

pakhavāja (पखवाज) – (pakhawāj, pakhāoyāja, pakhāvaja) (pakṣa + vādyam = “side instrument”); the barrel drum with a deep low pitched sound used in old classical, haveli, dhamāra, and dhrupada music

pakaḍa (पकड़) – (pakkad) see svarūpa

pakoḍā (पकोड़ा) – (pakorā) fried chips made from vegetables dipped in chick-pea flour

pañca bhūta (पञ्च भूत) – the five material elements; earth, fire, wind, water, ether

Pañca-Tattva (पञ्च तत्त्व) – Lord Caitanya and His associates

Pañcajaṇya (पञ्चजन्य) – the conchshell of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Pāñcāla (पाञ्चाल) – the kingdom where Drupada ruled

Pāñcālī (पाञ्चाली) – Draupadī

pañcama (पञ्चम) – the fifth note in the musical scale

Pañcavaṭī (पञ्चवटी) – the forest

Pāṇḍu (पाण्डु) – the second oldest son of Vicitravīrya, son of Ambālikā, husband of Kuntī and Mādrī, and father of the five Pāṇḍavas; king of Hastinapura until an accident occurred followed by his untimely death

Pāṇḍava (पाण्डव) – the five sons of Pāṇḍu; Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and Arjuna through Kuntī, Nakula and Sahadeva (through Mādrī)

pańga (pung) (पङ्ग) – a Manipuri version of the khol with a lower pitched sound

pāpa (पाप) – sin

Pāpa-puruṣa (पाप पुरुष) – the embodiment of sins created by Lord Viṣṇu who hides in all grain products on Ekādasī days

parabrahman (परब्रह्मन्) – the Supreme Lord, who is superior than His impersonal aspect of Brahman

paramātmā (परमात्मा) – the local aspect of the Supreme Lord as the indwelling witness and guide; the Supersoul in each living entity

paramparā (परम्परा) – succession of disciples

Parāśara Muni (पराशर मुनि) – the father of Vyāsadeva and the original narrator of the Viṣṇu Pūrāṇa

Paraśurāma (परशुराम) – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s form as a brāhmaṇa to destroy the demoniac administrative class of men twenty-one times before retiring

pari (परि) – fairy

pārijāta (पारिजात) – (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) a tree mentioned in the Vedic scriptures

Parīkṣit Mahārāja (परीक्षित् महाराज) – the grandson of Arjuna and the ruler of the Kuru nation at the onset of Kaliyuga, who got liberation by listening to the Srīmad Bhāgavatam for seven days before his foreseen death

Pārtha (पार्थ) – the son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); Arjuna

Pārvatī (पार्वती) – the eternal consort of Lord Siva

pātāla (पाताल) – one of the hellish planets

Patañjalī (पतञ्जली) – the author of the original yoga system

pati (पति) – 1) leader 2) husband

patnī (पत्नी) – wife

prabhu (प्रभु) – master, lord

Pradyumna (प्रद्युम्न) – 1) an expansion of the Lord who took form as Bharata during Lord Rāma’s pastimes 2) the son of Rukmiṇī and Kṛṣṇa (NOTE: Pradyumna of Krsna lila and the expansion Pradyumna are not the same)

Prahasta (प्रहस्त) – one of Rāvaṇa’s sons

Prahlāda Mahārāja (प्रह्लाद महाराज) – the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu who was a great devotee and was protected by Lord Nṛsiḿha

prakāśa (प्रकाश) – light

Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī (प्रकाशानन्द सरस्वती) – an impersonalist sannyasī who, after being defeated by Lord Caitanya, became his disciple along with all of his followers

prakṛtī (प्रकृती) – energy or nature

prāṇa (प्राण) – life

prāṇāma (प्रणाम) – obeisances; respects

prāṇāyama (प्राणायम) – breath control as a means of advancement of yoga

prasāda (प्रसाद) – (prasādam) 1) lit. “mercy” 2) anything offered to the Lord, and then consumed after His use; commonly remnants of the food offered to the Lord

Prativindhya (प्रतिविन्ध्य) – son of Yudhiṣṭhira and Draupadī

pratyāhāra (प्रत्याहार) – sensory withdrawal as a means of advancement of yoga

prema (प्रेम) – love

Pṛthā (पृथा) – name of Kuntī

Pṛthu (पृथु) – a king who was an ideal devotee and taught the ideals of perfect temple service and honoring devotees

Pṛthvī (पृथ्वी) – Mother Earth

pūjā (पूजा) – deity worship

Purāṇa (पुराण) – lit. “that what is eternally new”; the eighteen historical scriptures supplementing the Vedas

Purī (पुरी) – see Jagannātha Puri

puri (पुरि) – 1) fried wheat dough 2) (puddi, purri, puḍi) the head of a classical drum

Purocana (पुरोचन) – the architect who conspired with Sakuni and Duryodhana to build a wax-house for the Pāṇḍavas, so they can be killed by burning the wax house while they are asleep

puruṣa (पुरुष) – “the enjoyer”; the individual soul or Supreme Lord

Puruṣa-avatāra (पुरुष अवतार) – the primary expansions of Viṣṇu in affect the creation, maintenance, and destruction of the material universes

Puṣkala (पुष्कल) – Bharata’s son

Puṣpaka (पुष्पक) – the great swan aerial car that carried Sītā, Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, the ape generals, Vibhiṣaṇa, and other devotees to Ayodhyā, originally owned by Kubera but seized by Rāvaṇa

puṣpa (पुष्प) – flowers

puṣpāñjalī (पुष्पाञ्जली) – offering flowers in reverence and devotion

Pūtanā (पूतना) – Kaḿsa’s demonic nurse who was sent to kill Kṛṣṇa during His infant pastimes

UPDATED: July 6, 2009