پکهال pakhāl S̱. (पयःखल्ल i. e. पयस् Water, and खल्ल Leather) s. f. A large leather bag for holding water, generally carried on bullocks, a water-bag.

پهندنا phandnā S̱. (see پهسنا) v. n. To be impri- soned.

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.

پيـﮩ‍ي paihai S̱. (in Braj) 2d and 3d pers. sing. fut. tense of پاونون pawnauṅ, To find, get, &c.

پيڙها pīṛhā पीठ S̱. s. m. A stool or chair.

پوت pot H s. m. 1. Nature, disposition, qua- lity. 2. Glass beads, beads.

پهيني phen-ī S̱. s. f. A kind of sweetmeat.

پهني phunnī H s. f. Penis puerilis.

پوربي pūrbī S̱. 1. s. f. (पौर्वी) The name of a rāginī sung before evening. 2. adj. (पौर्विक) Eastern, from the east. 3. A kind of rice from the east of Bengal.

پت دن pat-din प्रतिदिन S̱. adv. Each day, always, constantly.