پورنواسي pūran-wāsī S̱. (पौर्णमासी) s. f. The day of the full moon.

پهر phur H adj. True, right.

پهلکاري phulkārī फुल्लाकार S̱. s. m. Flowered cloth.

پزاوا pazāwā P (from پزانيدن) s. f. A brick-kiln.

پٿيلنا paṭīlnā H v. a. 1. To exact, to subdue. 2. To beat.

پتل pattal S (पत्रावली) s. f. A plate or tren- cher formed of leaves.

پڙوانا piṛwānā S̱. (caus. of پيڙنا) v. a. To cause to press, squeeze or pound.

پيج تاب pech-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.

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.

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.