پوتري pūtrī पुत्तली S̱. s. f. A puppet, an image.

پروا pariwā प्रतिपद् S̱. s. f. The first day of a lunar fortnight, the first of the moonʼs increase or wane.

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.

پرچهٿي parchhaṭī S̱. (dakh.) See پرچهتي parch- hatī.

پيدڙي pīdṛī H s. f. A tomtit.

پهن फण phaṇ S s. m. The hood or expanded head of a snake. پهن اٿهانا phaṇ uṭhānā, v. a. To spread the hood (a snake).

پيچيده pech-īda P (from پيچيدن) part. Twisted.

پرگيري pargīrī P s. f. An ortolan (a species of Alauda).

پرنيا puraniyā S̱. (from पुराण) s. m. 1. An old man, an elder. 2. A patron.

پادزهر pād-zahr P s. m. The name of a medicine, expeller of poison. (Bezoar stone).