پگاه تر pagāh-tar P s. f. Early dawn.

پروا pariwā प्रतिपद् S̱. s. f. The first day of a lunar fortnight, the first of the moonʼs increase or wane.

پهوکنا phūknā फुत्कार S̱. v. a. To blow.

پلٿا palṭā H s. m. Turn, stead, exchange, recom- pense, revenge, retaliation.

پشکش pish-kash P s. m. See پيشکش pesh-kash.

پادزهر pād-zahr P s. m. The name of a medicine, expeller of poison. (Bezoar stone).

پهساکو phasākū H adj. Bad tobacco. (Inelegant).

پرسورام parsūrām परशुराम S̱. n. prop. The sixth Avatār, descent upon earth or incarna- tion of Vish̤ṇu. This personage was the son of Jamadagni. He is, from his father, called Jāmadagni: and, the deity descended in this form to destroy the Kshatriyas (or Chh̤atrīs) who were become tyrannical. Renukā, wife of Jamadagni, was interrupted in bringing water from the river by Kārtavīrjārjuna, a prince of the Kshatriyas, who was sporting in the water with his thousand wives; for which Parasu- rāmaʼs father, Jamadagni, cursed him. The Kshatriya prince killed Jamadagni; and Jāma- dagni vowed not to leave a Kshatriya on the face of the earth. He is reported to have ex- tirpated them twenty one times; the women with child each time producing a new race: and, they say that there have been no Ksha- triyas since; those so called being of spurious breed, or Varṇasankars.

پلنگ palang P s. m. A tiger, a panther, a leo- pard.

پرجوٿ parjawaṭ प्राजावत S̱. s. m. Quit- rent, tax.