پرستار parastār P (from پرستيدن) s. m. 1. An adorer. 2. A slave.

پاٴيني pāʼīn-ī P s. f. Inferiority, lowness.

پابند pā-band P 1. s. m. A rope with which the forefeet of a horse are tied. (Sans. पादबंध). 2. adj. Clogged, fettered, bound. پابندهونا pā- band-honā, v. n. (Met.) To be married.

پهوهار phūhār H s. f. Small rain.

پنچونشتتم पंचविंशतितम pancha-vinshati- tam S adj. Twenty fifth.

پرسرم परिश्रम परि and r. श्रम Grow tired parisram S. s. m. Fatigue, labour, toil.

پرتهي pirthī, prithī S̱. or pirathī, (Sans. पृथिवी or पृथ्वी) s. f. The earth; ground.

پشتانا pashtānā S̱. v. n. To repent: see پچهتانا pachhtānā.

پرتبمب prati-bimb S (प्रतिविम्ब) s. m. An image or picture; the reflection of an image or figure from a mirror. S. پرتپال प्रतिपाल (from प्रति and r. पाल Protect) pratipāl, s. m. Patronising, protection, fostering, rearing, breeding, cherishing. S. پرتپالک प्रतिपालक (see پرتپال) pratipālak, s. m. Cherisher, patron, protector.

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.