پردچهنا pradachh̤inā S̱. (or pradakh̤inā) s. f. Going round an object to which respect is intended with the right always towards it (a religious ceremony), circuit, circumambulation.

پيلنا pelnā पेलन S̱. v. a. 1. To shove, to push. 2. To stuff, to cram. 3. To express, to squeeze out. پيل پال pel-pāl, part. Shoving, pushing, &c.

پسند pasand P 1. s. f. Choice, approbation. 2. adj. or part. (from پسنديدن) in compos. Ap- proved, grateful, approving, choosing; as دل پسند dil-pasand, Grateful to the heart, agree- able. حق پسند ḥaḳḳ-pasand, Approving what is just. پسندآنا pasand ānā, To be approved or chosen, to please. پسندکرنا pasand karnā, To approve, choose, like.

پهل फल phal S s. m. 1. Fruit; effect, advan- tage, children, progeny. پهل پانا phal pānā, To reap the reward of (good or bad actions). پهل پهلاري phal phalārī, Fruits of various kinds. پهل دار phal-dār, adj. Fruitful. 2. The iron

پيارا pyārā S̱. or piyārā (प्रिय) adj. m. Beloved. پياراجاننا pyārā jānnā, To esteem.

پهوسي phūsī S̱. (बुस or बुष) s. f. Chaff.

پرنا parnā S̱. v. n. See پڙنا paṛnā.

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.

پرمان परिमाण परि and r. मा Measure parimāṇ S. s. m. Proportion, quantity, dose.

پهڙيا phuṛiyā S̱. (dimin. of پهوڙا) s. f. A sore, a pimple, a bile.