"P" - "GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS"

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"GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS" and the "TIME-LINE"

included as Annexures to my book “HINDUISM REDISCOVERED”,we begin with the

"Glossary".

 

As the Glossary is rather too lengthy, it is proposed to feature it in a

series of postings in the alphabetical order, with one or two letters at a

time.

 

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meanings error-free.

 

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Paada: Quarter, Foot

Paada sEvanam: Serving at the feet

Paadyam: Offering water for washing the feet

Paali: A form of Prakrit used by Buddhists

Paancha janyam: (lt) Born of 5, Divine conch of Lord Vishnu

PaaNi: Arm

Paapam: Sin

Paaramaartika-sat: Absolute or Ultimate reality as per Advaitins

Paarijaatha: Flower of the wish tree, Karpakam

Paashaandi: Heretic, unbeliever, Hypocrite

Paataala: One of the nethermost worlds

PaaTasaala: School where disciples live with preceptor

Paativratya: Single minded fidelity of wife to her husband

Paayu: Excretive organs

Pada-patha: A mode of recitation of Scriptural texts

Padma: Lotus ( Nelumo Nucifera), Symbol of spirituality

Paisaacha (marriage): Seduction of a girl asleep/ mentally deranged / drunk

Paithyam: Insanity, Madness

Paksha: Fortnight

Paksha paadi: One who is prejudiced

Pall aaNDu (Tamil): “Long Live!”(lit) Many many years

Pancha agni vidya: 5 stages in the Journey of the soul

Pancha anga: 5 calculations of time spans in Hindu almanac

Pancha butaas: 5 natural elements

Pancha gavya: 5 products of the Cow

Pancha mahaa yagjnas: 5 great offerings observed by Grihastas

Pancha raatra: 5 nights' lore, Branch of Vaishnavism

Pancha samskaara: 5 fold purificatory ceremony of Vaishnavas

Pancha sayana: 5 characteristics of a a good bedding

Pancha tantra: (lit) 5 tricks, Art of practical life by Vishnu Sarma

Panchee karaNam: 5 fold mixing (Quintuplication) of natural elements

Paraakramam: Valor in destroying evil

Para annam: Food cooked by others or in others' homes

Para ardham: Half of the life time of Brahma

Para artha: Supreme meaning derived from Sastras

Para bhakti: Devotion of ordinary intensity

Para Brahmam: Supreme Lord

Para gjnaana: Devotion with extreme intensity

Param: Transcendental, Lifetime of Brahma

Paramaatma: Universal soul

Paramaatma swarupa: The characteristics of the Supreme soul

Parama bhakti: Devotion with extraordinary unbearable intensity

Parama Ekaantin: Who have no goal other than attaining the Lord

Parama pada: Lord Vishnu's abode a.k.a.' Paramaakaasam'

Parama udhaara-tvam: Munificence, Generosity

Parasu Raama: Rama, the wielder of axe

Para-tva: Omnipotent power

Para vidya: Knowledge of Brahman

Pari purna-tvam: Perfection

Pari sEshanam: Offering food by circling water around food

Paryanka aasana: Taking the Lord to bed for sleep

Pasini mudra: Gesture of wrapping legs around neck like neck tie

Pasu vidya: Animal or Veterinary Science

Pathup paatTTu (Tamil):The 10 idylls

PayO vrata: 12 day Penance when one could drink only milk

PeNNaasai (Tamil): Desire for sex

Phala Sruti: Fruits realizable on reciting a text

Phala samarpana: Dedicating the fruits of all deeds to the Lord himself

Phala tyaaga: Relinquishment of fruits of action

Phalopaaya tyaaga: Dedication to Lord, even the means to attain fruits

PinDa: Ball of rice offered to manes

PingaLa naadi: One of the nerves moving upwards,other one is Ida

Pisaachas: Spirits which relish eating raw flesh

Pitha ambara: Pinkish yellow veil worn by Lord Vishnu

Pitru gaNas: Group of manes

Pitru lOka: World of manes

Pitru yaana: Path of manes

PitruYagjna: Ancestor worship

Pittha: Burning, Biliousness

Ponn aasai (Tamil): Desire for Gold and other riches

Por kizhi (T amil): Wallet containing gold coins

Porut paal (Tamil): Part of TirukkuraL dealing with material wealth

Poshaka: Nourisher

Praachana: Sipping of water

Praagjna: Dreamless sleep a.k.a. Sushupti

Praaja patya (marriage): Girl's marriage without dowry or bride price

Praaja patyam: A ritual prescribed for a Grihasta

Praakaamyam (Siddhi): Materializing from nowhere, one of the Siddhis

Praakrit: Dialectical Sanskrit spoken by common folk

Praakrita praLaya: Dissolution of Universe into unmanifested nature

Praana: Life sustaining vital air, Life force

Praanaa yaama: Breath Control

Praapti (Siddhi): Pervading, One of the Siddhis

Praarabda karma: Karma that has begun to yield results

Praatikulya varjanam: Avoiding all actions not pleasurable to the Lord

Praayas chitta: Expiatory and atonement rites

Prabhaasika sat: Apparent reality as per Advaitins

Prabhandam: Holy collects

Prabhu vimitam aka Vibhu pramitam: Hall studded with precious gems

Prachanna bouddha: Crypto Buddhists

PradakshiNa: Circumambulation

Pradaana: Head, Source

Prajaa pathi: Creator of lives, the Lord of progeny

Prakatana bouddha: Openly declared as Buddhists

Prakriti: Matter, Nature cf (Latin) 'procreatix' -Cosmic energy

Prakriti maNDala: The realm of the manifest world

Prakriti sambanda: Relation with the worldly life

Pra Laya: Deluge

Pra maaNam: Authority, Logical proof

PraNava:(lit) Humming like a swarm of bees, (aka)Ashtaakshara

Pra pancha: World made of 5 elements

Prapanna: One who has surrendered to the Lord

Prapattiaka SaraNaagati: Absolute, unconditional Selfsurrender to the Lord

Prasaada: Sacrament filled with grace and blessed in ritual

Prasna: Question, Enquiry

Prastaana traya: 3 fold texts: Brahmasutra, Gita and Upanishads

Pra svaasa: Exhalation

Prathama: Primary, Foremost

Pratigjna: Proposal of a cause, Proposition; also Vow

Prati kula anubhava hetu: Causing to experience undesirable results

Pratyaakaara: Dissociating senses form sense objects

Pratyaksham: Direct experience, Immediate perception

Pravara: Group of remote ancestors

Pravritti maarga: Towards worldly life

Pravrittisakti a.k.a. Kriyaa Sakti: Power of action

PrErita: Inducing, Encouraging

PrEta: Dead body, Corpse

Prithvi: Earth

PrOkshaNa: Sprinkling water for purification

Puja: Honoring, Worship

PuLi horai (Puliyodarai): Tamarind Rice

PulOmas: Evil spirits that have smooth hairs

Punar janma: Re incarnation, Rebirth, Transmigration of soul

Punar mantra aasana: Place for offering prayer to the Lord

Punar mrityu: Re-death, Death of death (i.e) Birth

Punar paakam: Cooked more than once

PuNDra: Wearing the Vaishnava marks on forehead and body

PuNya: Spiritual merit, Holy, Virtuous, Auspicious, Astral

PuNya bhumi: Place of Spiritual merit

Punya vachana: Purification with sanctified waters

PuraaNa: Antiquities, Ancient folklore, of popular Hinduism

Puraka: Inhalation, Filling with air

Purna kumbha: Ceremonial welcome with a potful of water

Purusha: Primordial male, Holy spirit

Purusha aakaara: Recommendatory mediator

Purushaarta nishTa: Surrendering the fruits of surrender

Purushaartha: Objectives of human life

Purusha mEdha: Human Sacrifice

Purusha yagjnas: Guest worship

Purva: Former, Earlier

Purva khaanda: Earlier works

Purva mimaamsa: School of reflection, Preliminary interpretation

Pusan: Nourisher

Pushpa: Flower

Putra / Putri: Son / Daughter

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