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.

پهٿکنا phaṭaknā S̱. (स्फोटन r. स्फुट Break, se- parate) 1. v. a. To winnow. 2. To dust, to shake or knock off any light thing which slight-

پهلاسرا phulāsarā H s. m. Flattery.

پاکهنڐ पाषंड pākh̤anḍ S or pāsh̤anḍ, adj. Hypocritical, deceitful, heretical.

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

پيراهن pairāhan P s. m. A long robe, a shirt or shift. (Sans. परिधान To wear (clothes).

پيامبر payām-bar P s. m. A messenger, a pro- phet. See پيغامبر.

پهيڙنا pheṛnā H v. a. (dakh.) To perform: see اداکرنا under ادا adā.

پرسنتا प्रसनता prasannatā S (from پرسن) s. f. 1. Acquiescence, pleasure. 2. Kindness.

پرتاب partāb P s. m. Bow-shot, the range of an arrow, musket, &c.