پاشويه pā-shoya P s. m. Washing of the feet.

پکهوا pakhūʼā H s. m. Side: see پـﮩلو.

پکارا pukārā H s. f. See پکار pukār.

پهاک phāk H s. m. (dakh.) See پهانک phānk.

پهاگ phāg फल्गु S̱. s. m. 1. Red powder (sprinkled in the time of the Holī). 2. The act of throwing coloured powders in the Holī, the gambols of the Holī.

پيڙي peṛī H s. f. 1. A kind of sweetmeat made with curds (dimin. of پيڙا). 2. A kind of betel leaf. 3. The indigo plant after being once cut. 4. The trunk of a tree. ¶ paiṛī, s. f. A ladder, staircase, flight of steps.

پساچ पिशाच pisāch S s. m. An evil spirit of a particular class, a demon, a spectre.

پروهت पुरोहित पुरस् Before, formerly, and हित Appointed, employed purohit S. or pro- hit, s. m. A family priest conducting all the ce- remonials and sacrifices of a house or family.

پلان palān P s. m. Corrupt. of پالان q. v.

پنگل पिंगल pingal S 1. s. m. Name of a fabu- lous being in the form of a serpent to whom a treatise on prosody is ascribed. 2. Art of mea- suring verses, prosody. 3. adj. Tawny, pale.