پتوا patauwā S̱. (from पत्र) s. m. A leaf.

پهلجهڙي phuljhaṛī S̱. s. f. A kind of firework like a fountain.

پيڙا peṛā पिंड S̱. s. m. 1. A kind of sweetmeat made with curds. 2. A globular mass of lea- ven prepared for baking.

پيٿوکها peṭaukhā S̱. s. m. A looseness, purging, flux.

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.

پسيجنا pasījnā प्रस्वेदन S̱. v. n. 1. To per- spire, to sweat, to melt. 2. To compassionate.

پيچ وتاب pech-o-tāb P s. m. Restlessness, alarm, suspense, perplexity, folds, twisting and twining, contortion, knots. پيچ تاب کهانا pech-tāb khānā, To suffer distress or anxiety, to be vexed, to twist or twine.

پاٿهـ سالا पाठशाला pāṭh-sālā S s. f. A school, a college.

پلاسي palās-ī S̱. (from पलाश) s. m. Name of a village, (vulg.) Plassy.

پهڙپهڙيا phaṛphaṛiyā H 1. s. m. A flutterer. 2. adj. Swift, quick.