پسينا pasīnā S̱. (प्रस्वेदः) s. m. Perspiration, sweat.

پهنکار phunkār फुत्कार S̱. s. f. Hiss (of a snake).

پنـﮩارا panhārā पानीयहर S̱. s. m. A man who carries water in pots on his head.

پٿاري piṭārī पिटक S̱. s. f. A small basket, a portmanteau.

پرزه purza P s. m. A scrap (generally applied to paper), piece, bit, rag, frippery; the nap of cloth or the down of birds. پرزي هونا purze honā, To be severely wounded in battle.

پيچک pechak P s. f. 1. A ball, skein or clew of thread. 2. The bottom on which thread is wound.

پينا pīnā S̱. 1. (पान) v. a. To drink; to smoke (tobacco): subst. Drinking, &c. 2. (पिण्याक) s. m. The dregs or refuse (of linseed, &c.), the oil cake.

پين पीन pīn S adj. Heavy, fat, large.

پن بهتا pan-bhattā H s. m. A kind of drink made from rice.

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.