Circular story
pariāṛktā
Neglected One: the third in rank of the king’s wives
Parjanya
Cloud; Indra’s younger brother
Park of the Mango Trees
Ā
mrava
ṇ
a; a park in Vai
ś
ā
l
ī
parvan
Knot; used of the books that compose the
Mahābhārata
P
ā
rvat
ī
Daughter of the Mountain; her father, Himavat, is also called Parvata
paśus
Domestic animals (including man); animals that can be sacrificed
Pa
ś
upati
Lord of the Herds; one of the names of Rudra, then of
Ś
iva
pāyasa
Rice cooked in milk
pecus
Herd: primordial form of wealth, from which comes
pecunia
, “money”
Person
Puru
ṣ
a
Person in the Eye
Indra and Indr
ā
n
ī
appear as Persons in the Eye, he in the right, she in the left
Physician
Dhanvantari; one of the
ratnas
, “gems,” that appeared during the churning of the ocean
Place of the Hunter
The celestial region between Sirius and Aldebaran, including the constellations Gemini and Taurus
Plak
ṣ
a Pr
ā
srava
ṇ
a
A place forty-eight days’ march from where the Sarasvat
ī
silts up; the center of the earth is a span (
prādeśa
) to the north of it
Plato
427–347
B.C.
Pleasure
Rati
Pleiades
K
ṛ
ttik
ā
s; a group of seven stars in the Taurus constellation
Prabh
ā
sa
A city in Gujarat
pradakṣiṇā
Ritual circumambulation around a statue, a temple, or a person, in a clockwise direction, that keeps the object of veneration on one’s right (from
dakṣiṇā
, “right hand”)
Praj
ā
pati
Progenitor; Lord of the Creatures: antecedent of Brahm
ā
prajñā
Wisdom
prakṛti
Nature’s fabric, made up of three threads (
guṇas
); the female counterpart of Puru
ṣ
a, in the S
ā
ṃ
khya doctrine
pralaya
Cosmic dissolution, which occurs at the end of every
kalpa
prāṇa
Vital breath; man has seven of them
prāśitra
First portion; when the portions of the sacrificial food are distributed, the first to be cut is a morsel no bigger than a barley grain, which is offered to the brahman on a wooden plate with a handle; it corresponds to the piece of flesh torn from Praj
ā
pati when he was wounded
prati-
Prefix that indicates, among other things, a coming toward, typical of U
ṣ
as
pratiṣṭhā
Foundation, base
pratītyasamutpāda
“Production (
utpāda
) converging (
sam
) in function of (
pratītya
)” (L. Silburn); “law of interconnection” (T. Stcherbatsky)
Precious Stone
Kaustubha; one of the
ratnas
, “gems,” that appeared during the churning of the ocean
preman
Love
Prisonnière
La Prisonnière
; the third-to-last part of Proust’s
Recherche
Pr
ī
ti
Daughter of Dak
ṣ
a and V
ī
ri
ṇ
ī
Progenitor
Praj
ā
pati
Progenitors
The Saptar
ṣ
is
Propitious
Ś
iva
Proust
Marcel Proust, 1871–1922
Pulaha
A
ṛṣi
of the second list
Pulastya
A
ṛṣi
of the second list
punarmṛtyu
Repeated death
púr
Most commentators interpret the word as “walls”; W. Rau gives it as “livestock corral”
P
ū
ra
ṇ
a K
ā
ś
yapa
Philosopher at the time of the Buddha
Pur
ā
ṇ
as
Ancient Ones; texts that tell the stories of the gods and, in relation to them, deal with any other matter, cosmic or human; composed mostly between the fourth and fourteenth centuries
A.D.
pūrṇa
Full
Pur
ū
ravas
Lover of Urva
ś
ī
, father of
Ā
yus
Puru
ṣ
a
Person; primordial man, who is broken up in the world
puruṣa
Person
pūrvácitti
First thought
P
ū
rvácitti
Name of an Apsaras
pūrváhūti
First ritual call
P
ū
ṣ
an
Nourisher; one of the
Ā
dityas, brother (or husband) of S
ū
ry
ā
puṣkara
Blue lotus
pūṣkara
Rock
P
ū
tan
ā
Fetid; a demon
Python
Snake of Delphi
quincunx
The shape in which the number five is displayed on dice
R
ā
dh
ā
K
ṛ
ṣ
ṇ
a’s most celebrated lover, a
gopī
R
ā
hula
Son of the Buddha and Gop
ū
Raivataka
A mountain near Prabh
ā
sa
R
ā
jag
ṛ
ha
A city in Bihar where the first Buddhist council was held shortly after the Buddha’s death
rājasūya
Rite in which the king was consecrated
Rambh
ā
Name of an Apsaras
rasa
Juice, flavor, emotion, essence
rāsalīlā
Game of the dance; a circular dance
Rati
Pleasure; K
ā
ma’s consort
ratililā
Game of pleasure
ratnas
Gems; visions that appeared during the churning of the ocean; including Sun, Moon, the Apsaras, Uccai
ḥ
ś
ravas,
Ś
r
ī
, Air
ā
vata, Dhanvantari, K
ā
madhenu, and Kaustubha
Rauhi
ṇ