Krsna Kirtana Songs
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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
pańca bhūta (पञ्च भूत) – the five material elements; earth, fire, wind,
water, ether
Pańca-Tattva (पञ्च तत्त्व) – Lord Caitanya and His
associates
Pańcajaṇya (पञ्चजन्य) – the conchshell of Lord
Kṛṣṇa
Pāńcāla (पाञ्चाल) – the kingdom where Drupada
ruled
Pāńcālī (पाञ्चाली) – Draupadī
pańcama (पञ्चम) – the fifth note in the musical scale
Pańcavaṭī (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
Patańjalī (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
puṣpāńjalī (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