پذيري paẕīr-ī P s. f. (in compos.) Taking, accept- ance.

پرهار प्रहार prahār S s. m. The act of striking or beating, a blow, a stroke.

پندرهوين pandrahwīṅ पंचदशी S̱. s. f. The fifteenth day of a half month, full or new moon.

پران पुराण purāṇ S s. m. A Purāṇa or sacred and poetical work, supposed to have been com- piled or composed by the poet Vyāsa. There are eighteen acknowledged Purāṇas, comprising the whole body of Hindū theology: and, each Purāṇa treats of five topicks especially, i. e. the creation; the destruction and renovation of worlds; the genealogy of gods and heroes; the reigns of the Manus; and, the transactions of their descendants. The Purāṇas are, 1. Brah- ma; 2. Padma, or the lotus; 3. Brahmāṇḍa, or the egg of Brahmā; 4. Agni, or fire; 5. Vish̤ṇu; 6. Garuḍa, the bird or vehicle of Vish̤- ṇu; 7. Brahmavaivarta, or transformations of Brahmā; 8. Siva; 9. Linga; 10. Nārada, son of Brahmā; 11. Skanda, son of Siva; 12. Mārkaṇḍeya, so called from a sage of that name; 13. Bhavish̤yat, future or prophetick; 14. Mat- sya, or the fish; 15. Varāha, or boar; 16. Kūrma, or tortoise; 17. Vāmana, or dwarf; and 18. The Bhāgavat, or life of Krish̤ṇa, which last is by some considered as a spurious and modern work. The Purāṇas are reckoned to contain four hundred thousand stanzas. There are, also, eighteen Upapurāṇas, or simi- lar poems of inferiour sanctity and different ap- pellations; the whole constituting the popular or poetical creed of the Hindūs, and some of them, or particular parts of them, being very generally read and studied.

پـﮩلو pahlū P s. m. 1. The side. 2. The wing or flank of an army. پـﮩلوتـﮩ‍ي کرنا pahlū tihī karnā, To retire, retreat, withdraw, refuse, decline, evade. پـﮩلونشين pahlū-nishīn, adj. Sitting by the side; a companion.

پرگاه pargāh P s. Sticks and straw; a worthless thing.

پيرهن pairahan P s. m. See پيراهن pairāhan.

پرچهن प्रच्छन्न prachchhann S adj. 1. Con- cealed. 2. Partial, not universal.

پخته puḵẖta P adj. 1. Dressed (as victuals). 2. Baked (as bricks), of brick or stone. 3. Ripe.

پيري pair-ī H (from پير) s. f. An ornament worn on the legs.