315Para- : Supreme. Also see Va-k.
Param : Supreme. Used as an epithet of the
Supreme Lord, who is located above
the cosmic logos.
Para-s’ara : A great sage, who is the father of
Ve-davya-sa. Author of Vishn.u Pura-n.a and
a code of law.
Parasu : An axe. The dreadful weapon of Paras’u-
ra-ma, who is the sixth incarnation of
Vishn.u.
Pas’yanti : See Vak.
Pit : Esoterically the south pole of this earth.
Also the south pole of the space-globe.
On the zodiac it is located at the end of
the sign Cancer by some and Scorpio
by others. It is compared with a coiled
serpent.
Praja-pathi : A ruler on the cosmic plane. The term
denotes those intelligent class of
entities who govern the various rounds
of time and who preside over various
functions of the cosmic, solar and
planetary evolution. It corresponds
with the patriarchs of the Bible in one
sense. In the Ve-da-s, the year is called
by this name.
Prakr.iti : Nature.
Pra-n.a : Life. Vital principle. Vital body. Oxygen.
Pra-n.amaya : The vital body. The functional anatomy
of a school of occultists divides the
human constitution into five Kos’as or
sheaths : (1) Annamaya (physical and
etheric bodies); (2) Pra-n.amaya (Vital
body which includes the astral and
desire and the lower mental); (3) Mano--