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Pranayama, 65, 522, 522 , 526. See

alsoYoga

Prapatti, 522

Prapti, 522 , 650

Prarthana Samaj, 522 – 523 , 564

Prasad, 111, 305, 391, 456, 523

Prashasta marriage, 55, 523. See

alsoMarriage

Prashastapada, 523

Prashna Upanishad, 511, 523 , 722

Pratihara Dynasty, 319. See also

Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty

Pratijna, 47, 280, 489, 524 , 581,

599, 755. See alsoPhilosophy

Pratiloma, 524

Pratinidhi, 524

Pratyabhijna, 524

Pratyabhijnanahrdayam(Singh),

519, 525, 580, 753

Pratyahara, 65, 525 , 526

Pratyaksha, 1, 8, 24, 47, 55, 223,

430, 480, 521, 525 , 537, 617,

646. See alsoPhilosophy

Pravahana Jaivali, 525

Pravara, 429, 525

Prayaga, 526

Prayashchitta, 11, 96, 121, 267,

279, 406, 424, 441, 499,

507, 526

Prayoga, 526

Pregnancy, 316, 526 – 527 , 531, 650.

See alsoWomen

Prenatal rites, 527

Prenatal samskaras, 531, 650

The Presence of Shiva

(Kramrisch), 635

Presuppositions of India’s

Philosophies(Potter), 24, 39,

42, 47, 48, 59, 101, 133, 214,

223, 280, 502, 538, 570, 579,

607, 721, 756, 769

Pret, 4, 80, 83, 114, 515, 527 , 599

Priest, adhvaryum, 7

Prinsep, James, 125, 527

Priyadas, poet, 528

Progress philosophy, 528. See also

Philosophy

Prohibition, 528

Prostitution, 171, 183, 528 – 529

Prthivi, 217, 251, 529

Prthu, King, 529

Puja, 498, 529 – 530

Pujari, 530

Pulaha, sage, 40, 70, 370, 426,

530 , 574

Pulakeshin II, King, 138, 409, 462,

530 – 531

Pulastya, sage, 40, 70, 370, 426,

530, 531 , 574

Pumsavana, 527, 591

Pumsavana Samskara, 531

Pundit, 531

Punjab, 81, 281, 392, 489, 531 – 532 ,

547

Punya, 498, 532 , 699

Purana Kassapa, 533

Puranas, 95, 120, 156, 276, 386,

441, 472, 532 – 533 , 637, 646,

656. See alsoSmrtis
     Dattatreya, 37, 176
     Purandaradas, poet, 533
     Purattasi, 533 , 685
     Puri, 50, 102, 136, 173, 216, 229,
     341, 533 – 534 , 567, 624
     temples, 82, 84, 308, 323
     Puri Dashanami, 113, 534
     Purification, 57
     achamana, 4
     Purity, 17, 21, 42, 48, 62, 71, 88,
     131, 153, 534 – 535 , 581, 646,


657. See alsoImpurity
     “Purity and Pollution” (Kolenda),
     63, 535
     Purochana, 535
     Purohit, 535 – 536
     Pururavas, King, 49, 536
     Purusha, 132, 223, 306, 331, 502,
     520, 536 , 579, 584, 587, 655