{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/vp/vp179.htm","path":"hin/vp/vp179.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp179.htm","text":"The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840]\nP.\nP\u00e1dma, 'past' Kalpa, or day of Brahm\u00e1, 25.\nPadma Pur\u00e1\u0144a, named, 284. analysis of, xviii.\nPadm\u00e1vat\u00ed, a city, 480, n. 70.\nPahlavas, a people, 189, n. 61. 195, n. 158.\nPahnavas, a people, 189. 195. conquered by Sagara, 374.\nPaila, pupil of Vy\u00e1sa, 275. compiler of the Rig-veda, 277.\nP\u00e1kayajna, sort of sacrifice, 292, n. 3.\nPaksha, a fortnight, 223.\nP\u00e1laka, s. of Pradyota, 466.\nPal\u00e1\u015bin\u00ed, a river, 183.\nP\u00e1lin, s. of Prithu, 106.\nP\u00e1lita, a prince, 420. ruler of Videha, 421.\nPanchada\u015ba hymns, from Brahm\u00e1, 42.\nPanchajana, a demon, killed by Krish\u0144a, 562.\nPanchajanya, an island, 175, n. 3.\nP\u00e1nch\u00e1la, a country, 454, n. 49.\nPancha-lakshana, epithet of the Pur\u00e1\u0144as, iv.\nP\u00e1nchal\u00e1s, a people, 176. 177, n. 6. 185, n. 1. 186. and n. 20. sons of Haryya\u015bwa, 454.\nPancham\u00ed, a river, 183.\nPandara, a mountain, 180, n. 3.\nP\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, s. of Dh\u00e1tri and \u00c1yat\u00ed, married to Pu\u0144d\u0301arik\u00e1, 82, n. 1. s. of Vy\u00e1sa, 459. married to Pritha, 437. their sons, ib.\nPannag\u00e1ri, teacher of the Rig-veda, 278, n. 12.\nP\u00e1nsur\u00e1sht\u0301ras, a people, 188.\nP\u00e1pa, a hell, 207.\nP\u00e1pahar\u00e1, a river, 183.\nP\u00e1ra, s. of Anga, 445. s. of Prithusena, 452. s. of Samara, ib.\nPar\u00e1 or P\u00e1r\u00e1, a river, 182, and n. 22.\nP\u00e1ra, mystical meanings of, 113, n. 3.\nP\u00e1radas, a people, 189, n. 60. conquered by Sagara, 374.\nParam\u00e1\u0144u, two equal to one Anu, 22, n. 3.\nParam, the duration of Brahm\u00e1's life, 22.\nParamatm\u00e1, name of Vish\u0144u, 2, n. 2.\nParamesht\u0301hin, s. of Indradyumna, 164. s. of Anu, 444.\nPar\u00e1ntas, a people, 189.\nPar\u00e1rddham, half of Brahm\u00e1's life, 22. 25. a different period, 630.\nP\u00e1ras, a class of deities, 268.\nParasanch\u00e1rakas, a people, 193, n. 125.\nPar\u00e1\u015bara, grandson of Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, 3. s. of \u015aakti or \u015aaktri, 4, n. 12. performs a sacrifice to destroy the R\u00e1kshasas, and is stopped by his grandsire, 4. Pulastya teaches him the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a, 5. he relates it to Maitreya, 6. one of the Vy\u00e1sas, 273. teacher of a branch of the Rig-veda, 277. teacher of the S\u00e1ma-veda, 282, n. 2.\nP\u00e1ras\u00edkas, a people, 177. and n. 6. 194.\nPara\u015burama, s. of Jamadagni, 401. beheads his mother, 402. kills the Kshatriyas, 403. gives the earth to the Brahmans, ib. retires to Mahendra mountain, 404.\nP\u00e1ratakas, a people, 194, n. 149.\nParatanga\u0144as, a people, 193.\nP\u00e1r\u00e1vatas, a class of divinities, 260.\nPar\u00e1vrit, a prince, 420.\nP\u00e1rij\u00e1ta tree, produced from the ocean, 76. taken away from heaven by Krish\u0144a, 586. returns thither, 613.\nPar\u00edkshit, s. of Kuru, 455. s. of Abhimanyu, 460. made king, 619. Bh\u00e1gavata related to him, xxv.\nPari\u0144\u00e1min, a name of Pradh\u00e1na, 13, n. 19.\nP\u00e1rip\u00e1tra, a range of mountains, 174. northern portion of the Vindhya chain, n. a.\nP\u00e1rip\u00e1tra, a prince, 386.\nPariplava, a prince, 462.\nP\u00e1riy\u00e1tra, a mountain-range, west of Meru, 172. same as P\u00e1rip\u00e1tra, q. v.\nParivatsara, 'cyclic year,' 224.\nParjanya, k. of clouds, 153, n. 1.\nParjany\u00e1, w. of Mar\u00edchi, 83, n. 3.\nPar\u0144a, teacher of the white Yajush, 281, n. 5.\nP\u00e1rva\u0144a \u015ar\u00e1ddhas, worship of progenitors at lunar periods, &c. 322.\nParvas, periods of impurity, 312.\nParvasa, s. of Paur\u0144am\u00e1sa, 82, n. 2.\nParvas\u00ed, w. of Parvasa, 82, n. 2.\nP\u00e1rvat\u00edyas, mountaineers, 192.\nPa\u015biv\u00e1t\u0301as, a people, 193.\nPa\u015bupati, a Rudra, 58.\nPa\u015buyajna, 'animal sacrifice,' 275, n. 1.\nP\u00e1t\u00e1la, regions below the earth; description of, 204. name of one division of, ib, cities of, 205, n. 3.\nP\u00e1t\u00e1lavat\u00ed, a river, 183.\nP\u00e1t\u0301aliputra, capital of Magadh\u00e1, 474, n. 63.\nPatanga, a mountain, 169. a sun, 632, n. 6.\nPath, heavenly, of the Pitris, 226. of the gods, 227. of Vish\u0144u, 228.\nPathya, teacher of the S\u00e1ma-veda, 282.\nPat\u0301t\u0301is, a people, 195.\nPat\u0301umat, a prince, 472.\nPat\u0301umitra, a king, 478.\nPaulom\u00ed, w. of Bhrigu, 82, n. 1.\nPaulomas, a class of D\u00e1navas, 148.\nPau\u0144d\u0301raka assumes the title and insignia of Krish\u0144a, 598. is killed by him, 599.\nPau\u0144d\u0301ras, a people, 192.\nPauras, a race of kings, 477.\nPauravas, descendants of Puru, 453.\nPaurav\u00ed, w. of Vasudeva, 439.\nPaur\u0144am\u00e1sa, s. of Mar\u00edchi and Sambh\u00fati, 82.\nPaur\u0144am\u00e1s\u00ed, day of full moon, 225.\nPaushyinji (Paushpinji), teacher. of the S\u00e1ma-veda, 282.\nP\u00e1vaka, s. of Agni, 84. s. of Antardh\u00e1na, 106, n. 2. chief of the Vasus, 153.\nPavam\u00e1n\u00e1, s. of Agni, 84. s. of Antardh\u00e1na, 106, n. 2.\nPavitr\u00e1, a river, 183.\nPavitras, a class of deities, 269.\nPayosh\u0144\u00ed, a river, 176. Pay\u00edn Gang\u00e1, 181, n. 11.\nPhalguna, a month, 225, n. 19.\nPichchhal\u00e1, a river, 163.\nPi\u0144d\u0301\u00e1raka, a t\u00edrtha, 606.\nPi\u0144d\u0301as, offered at \u015ar\u00e1ddhas, 315.\nPinjal\u00e1, a river, 183.\nP\u00edpal tree, on Vipula mountain, 168.\nPippala, part of Jambu-dw\u00edpa, 166, n. 1.\nPippal\u00e1da, teacher of the Atharva-veda, 283.\nPi\u015b\u00e1ch\u00e1, d. of Daksha, w. of Ka\u015byapa, 122, n. 19.\nPi\u015b\u00e1chas, born from Brahm\u00e1, 42. children of Pi\u015b\u00e1ch\u00e1, 150, n. 18.\nPi\u015b\u00e1chik\u00e1, a river, 185, n. 80.\nP\u00edtha sthanas, where Dev\u00ed is worshipped, 499, n. 26. lvii.\nPitri-loka, heaven of the Pitris and Brahmans, 47. 48, n. 10.\nPitris, proceeded from Brahm\u00e1, 40. sons of Angiras, 123, n. 25. path of, 226. classes and kinds of, 322, n. 1. song of, 323. food grateful to, 332. song of, 333.\nPitriyajna, 'obsequial rites,' 294, n. 3.\nP\u00edvar\u00ed, w, of Veda\u015biras, 82, n. 1. d. of, 83, n. 6.\nPiyada\u015b\u00ed, inscriptions of, 470, n. 23.\nPlaksha, a Dw\u00edpa, 166. divisions, mountains, rivers, people of, 197.\nPoison, produced from the ocean, 76. drunk by \u015aiva, 78, note 8.\nPoley, translation of the Upanishads by, ii. note 4.\nPrabh\u00e1, d. of Swarbh\u00e1nu, 147. w. of Namuchi, mother of Nahusha, ib. n. 5. w. of the sun, 266, n. 1. w. of Kalpa, 98, n. 1.\nPrabh\u00e1kara, a Rishi, 447, n. 8.\nPrabh\u00e1sa, a Vasu, 120.\nPrabh\u00e1sa, a place of pilgrimage, 561.\nPrabh\u00e1ta, s. of the sun, 266, n. 1.\nPrachetas, a deity, presides over the tongue, 17, n. 28.\nPrachetas, a prince of the race of Druyu, 443.\nPrachetasas, ten sons of Pr\u00e1ch\u00ednavarhish, 107.\nPrach\u00ednavarhish, s. of Havirdh\u00e1na, 106.\nPrachinvat, s. of Janamejaya, 447.\nPr\u00e1chyas, a people, 192.\nPradar\u015banas, a class of deities, 261.\nPradh\u00e1na, 'primary matter,' a form of Vish\u0144u, 9. properties of, 10. and n. 14. same as Prakriti, 10. equipoise of the three qualities, 12, n. 18. 636. one with Brahma, 12. agitated, influenced, or entered into, by Vish\u0144u or Purusha, 13, n. 19. merges into spirit, 636.\nPradyota, a prince, 466.\nPradha\u0144\u00e1tm\u00e1, name of Vish\u0144u, 2, n. 2.\nPradosha, s. of Kalpa, 58, n. 1.\nPradyumna, s. of Krish\u0144a and Rukmin\u00ed, 574. carried off by Sambara, 575. brought up by M\u00e1y\u00e1dev\u00ed, ib. kills Sambara, 576.\nPrahl\u00e1da, s. of Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu, 124. devotion to Vish\u0144u, 127. persecuted by his father, 128. Vish\u0144u appears to him, 144. makes him k. of the Daityas, 145, 153. his descendants, 147.\nPrahl\u00e1das, a people, 188.\nPraj\u00e1ni, a prince, 352.\nPraj\u00e1pati, a Vy\u00e1sa, 272.\nPraj\u00e1patis, mind-born sons of Brahm\u00e1, variously enumerated, 49, n. 2. born from parts of Brahm\u00e1's body; from the fires of a sacrifice; sons (twenty-one) of Daksha, 50, n. 2, married to the daughters of Daksha, 54.\nPraj\u00e1pati-yajna, 'begetting offspring,' 294, n. 3.\nPrajn\u00e1, synonyme of Mahat, 15, note 22.\nPr\u00e1krita, 'primary creation,' 37, n. 12. 'elemental dissolution,' 12. 630. 635.\nPrakriti: see Pradh\u00e1na.\nPralaya, dissolution,' fourfold, 56. account of, 621. three kinds of, 630. incidental, ib. elemental, 634. final, 638.\nPramloch\u00e1, a nymph; her dwelling with K\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, 110. a divine nymph, 150, n. 21.\nPramoda, s. of Brahm\u00e1, 50, n. 2.\nPr\u00e1\u0144a, a measure of time, 23, n. 3.\nPr\u00e1\u0144a, s. of Dh\u00e1tri and \u00c1yat\u00ed, 82. a Rishi, 261.\nPr\u00e1\u0144\u00e1y\u00e1ma, 'suppression of breath,' &c. 653\nPr\u00e1nsu, s. of Vaivaswata, 348. s. of Vatsapr\u00ed, 352.\nPr\u00e1pt\u00ed, w. of Kansa, 563.\nPras\u00e1da, s. of Dharma, 55, n. 13.\nPrasena, s. of Nighna, 425. killed by a lion, 429.\nPrasenajit, s, of Kri\u015b\u00e1\u015bwa, 362. s. of Ratula, 464\nPra\u015braya, s. of Dharma, 55, n. 13.\nPrast\u00e1ra, s. of Udg\u00edtha, 165.\nPrast\u00fatas, a class of deities, 263.\nPrasuhmas, a people, 188, n. 46.\nPrasusruka, a prince, 384, n. 15. 387.\nPras\u00fati, d. of Sw\u00e1yambhuva Manu, 53. married to Daksha; their twenty-four daughters, 54. allegorical, 54, n. 12.\nPr\u00e1tah, s. of Kalpa, 58, n. 1.\nPratarddana, s. of Divod\u00e1sa, 407.\nPratibandhaka, a prince, 390.\nPratibimba, 'reflection,' a form of Brahm\u00e1, 40, n. 15.\nPratih\u00e1ra, s. of Paramesht\u0301hin, 164.\nPratihartt\u00e1, s. of Pratih\u00e1ra, 164.\nPrat\u00edkshatra, s. of Kshatravriddha, 412. s. of Samin, 436.\nPratim\u00e1syas (Pratimatsyas), a people, 190.\nPrat\u00edpa, s. of Dil\u00edpa, 457.\nPratisarga, 'secondary creation,' 27, n. 1.\nPratisht\u0301h\u00e1na, capital of Sudyumna, 350.\nPrativ\u00e1ha, s. of \u015awaphalka, 435.\nPrativindhya, s. of Yudhisht\u0301hira, 459.\nPrativyoman, a prince, 463.\nPraty\u00e1h\u00e1ra, 'control of the senses,' 653.\nPratyaya, a secondary creation, 37, n. 11.\nPraty\u00fasha, a Vasu, 120.\nPrav\u00e1, d. of Daksha, w. of Ka\u015byapa, 122, n. 19.\nPravaha, a wind, 240.\nPravar\u00e1, a river, 183.\nPravilasena, a prince, 473.\nPrav\u00edra, s. of Prachinvat, 447. s. of Puru, ib, n. 1. s. of Haryaswa, 454.\nPr\u00e1vrisheyas, a people, 190.\nPr\u00e1ya\u015bchitta, 'expiation,' from Brahm\u00e1, 42, n. 21.\nPreksh\u00e1g\u00e1ra, a theatre, 553, note 4.\nPrinsep, J., publication of the Mahabharata, ix. inscriptions and coins deciphered by, 475, note 63. lxx.\nPrishada\u015bwa, a prince, 371. s. of An\u00e1ra\u0144ya, 371.\nPrishadhra, s. of Vaiva\u015bwata, 348. becomes a \u015a\u00fadra, 351.\nPrishata, s. of Somaka, 455.\nPrisht\u0301aja, s. of Kumara, 120.\nPri\u015bni, s. of Anamitra, 435.\nPrith\u00e1, d. of \u015a\u00fara, w. of P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, 437.\nPrithiv\u00ed, 'earth,' the element, produced from the rudiment of smell, 16. and n. 25.\nPrithiv\u00ed, 'earth' personified; dialogue with Var\u00e1ha, 29. takes the form of a cow in fear of Prithu, 103. named from him, 104. milked by all beings, ib. see Earth.\nPrithu, s. of Vena, how born, 101. conquers the earth, 103. s. of Prast\u00e1ra, 165. s. of Anenas, 361. s. of Samara, 452. s. of Chitraka, 435.\nPrithud\u00e1na, s. of \u015aa\u015bavindu, 420.\nPrithugas, a class of deities, 263.\nPrithujaya, s. of \u015aa\u015bavindu, 420.\nPrithukarman, s. of \u015aa\u015bavindu, 420.\nPrithuk\u00edrtti, s. of \u015aa\u015bavindu, 420.\nPrithul\u00e1ksha, a prince, 445.\nPrithurukman, a prince, 420.\nPrithusena, a prince, 452.\nPrithu\u015bravas, s. of \u015aa\u015bavindu, 420.\nPrithuya\u015bas, s. of \u015aa\u015bavindu, 420.\nPr\u00edt\u00ed, 'affection,' d. of Daksha, w. of Pulastya, 54.\nPriyavrata, s. of Sw\u00e1yambhuva Manu, 53.\nProperties of sensible objects, 17, n. 27.\nProshakas, a people, 196.\nProsht\u0301as, a people, 193.\nPtolemy Euergetes, name of in ancient inscription, 470, n. 23.\nPulaha, a Praj\u00e1pati, 49. marries Ksham\u00e1, 54. his posterity, 83.\nPulastya, s. of Brahm\u00e1, appears to Par\u00e1\u015bara, 5. one of the Praj\u00e1patis, 49. marries Pr\u00edt\u00ed, 54. their posterity, 83. and n. 5.\nPulimat, a prince, 473.\nPulindaka, a prince, 47t.\nPulindas, barbarians, 186, n. 15. 193.\nPulom\u00e1, d. of Vaisw\u00e1nara, w. of Ka\u015byapa, 148.\nPuloman, a D\u00e1nava, s. of Ka\u015byapa, 147. s. of Viprachitti, father of \u015aach\u00ed, 148, n. 11.\nPulom\u00e1rchish, last Andhra prince, 473.\nPuman, 'spirit,' 2. 'incorporated spirit,' 2, n. 4.\nPunarvasu, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nPunarvasu, a Y\u00e1dava chief, 436.\nPu\u0144d\u0301ar\u00edka, a serpent, 149, n. 16. a prince, s. of Nabhas, 386.\nPu\u0144d\u0301arik\u00e1, w. of Pr\u00e1\u0144a or P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, 82, n. 1. d. of Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, 84, n. 8.\nPu\u0144d\u0301ar\u00edk\u00e1ksha, a name of Vish\u0144u, 1. 'having eyes like a lotus,' 2, n. 2.\nPu\u0144d\u0301ra, s. of Bali, 444.\nPu\u0144d\u0301ra, a fabulous city, 231, n. 4.\nPu\u0144d\u0301ras, a people, 176. 177, n. 6. 190, n. 73.\nPuny\u00e1, a river, 184. and n. 79.\nPunyajanas take Ku\u015basthal\u00ed, 358.\nPur, synonyme of Mahat, 14, n. 22.\nP\u00faraka, 'inspiration,' 653, n. 10.\nPuram\u00e1lin\u00ed, a river, 183.\nPur\u00e1\u0144as, general character of, iii. subjects of,v. classes of, xii. notices and analyses of them severally, xiv. taught by Vy\u00e1sa, 276. by S\u00fata, 283. Sanhit\u00e1s of, ib, eighteen named, 284.\nPurandara, Indra of the seventh Manwantara, 264.\nPuranjaya, s. of Vikukshi, 360. assists the gods; named also Kakutstha, 361. s. of \u015arinjaya, 444. s. of Vindhya\u015bakti, 477.\nPur\u00e1vat\u00ed, a river, 183.\nPur\u0144\u00e1\u015ba (Par\u0144\u00e1\u015ba), a river, 184.\nPurnotsanga, a prince, 472.\nPuru, s. of Chakshusha, 98. s. of Yay\u00e1ti, 413. k. of the earth, 415. his descendants, 447.\nPuruhotra, a prince, 423.\nPuruj\u00e1nu, a prince, 453.\nPurukutsa, a king to whom the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a was narrated, 9. s. of M\u00e1ndh\u00e1tri, 363. assists the N\u00e1gas, at the prayer of Narmad\u00e1, 370.\nPurum\u00edd\u0301ha, s. of Hastin, 452.\nPur\u00faravas, s. of Budha, 350. his love for Urva\u015b\u00ed, 394. makes fire threefold, 397. traditions of, ib. n. 6. his sons, 398.\nPurusha, 'spirit,' a form of Vish\u0144u, 9. name of Mahat, 15, n. 22.\nPurushottama, 'supreme spirit,' a name of Vish\u0144u, 8, n. 6.\nPurva-bh\u00e1drapad\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nPurvabhir\u00e1m\u00e1, a river, 183.\nPurvachitti, a divine nymph, 150, n. 21.\nPurvaja, name of Vish\u0144u, 2.\nP\u00farv\u00e1sh\u00e1d\u0301h\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nP\u00farva-ph\u00e1lgun\u00ed, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nP\u00fashan, an \u00c1ditya, 122.\nPushkara, s. of Bharata, 385. k. of Pushkaravat\u00ed, 386, n. 17.\nPushkara, a Dw\u00edpa, 166. description of, 200.\nPushk\u00e1ravarttakas, a class of clouds, 231, n. 3.\nPushkarin, a prince, 451.\nPushkarin\u00ed, d. of Anara\u0144ya, 98.\nPushpadansht\u0301ra, a serpent, 149, n. 16.\nPushpaj\u00e1t\u00ed, a river, 185, n. 80.\nPushpamitra, first Sunga prince, 471. k. of Mekal\u00e1, 478.\nPushpavat, a prince, 455.\nPushpave\u0144\u00ed, a river, 184.\nPusht\u0301\u00ed, 'thriving,' d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 54. d. of Paur\u0144am\u00e1sa, 82, n. 2.\nPushya, a prince, 387.\nPushy\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nP\u00fatan\u00e1, d. of Bali, 147, n. 2. a female Asura, killed by Krish\u0144a, 506.\nP\u00fatisrinjayas, a people, 193, n. 136.\nPutra, s. of Priyavrata, 162. adopts a religious life, ib.\nP\u00fayav\u00e1ha, a hell, 207. sins punished in, 208.","title":"The Vishnu Purana: Index: P","type":"page"}