| Pada |
The
foot or leg; also part of a book. |
| Padangustha |
The
big toe. |
| Padma |
A
lotus. |
| Pandava |
Name
of any of the five sons of Pandu, the heroes in the Mahabharata. |
| Paramapada |
The
highest step, the supreme state. |
| Paramatma |
The
Supreme Spirit. |
| Parigraha |
Hoarding. |
| Paripurna |
Entire,
complete. |
| Parivartana |
Turning
round, revolving. |
| Parivrtta |
Turned
around, revolved. |
| Parivrttaika
Pada |
With
one leg turned around. |
| Parsva |
The
side, flank; lateral. |
| Parsvaika
Pada |
With
one leg turned sideways. |
| Parvata |
A
mountain. |
| Parvati |
A
goddess, consort of Siva, daughter of Himalaya. |
| Paschima |
West;
the back of the whole body from head to heels. |
| Paschimottana |
Intense
stretch of the back side of the body from the nape to the heels. |
| Patanjali |
The
propounder of Yoga philosophy. He was the author of the Yoga
Sutras, the Mahabhasya (a dassical treatise on grammar) and a
treatise on medicine.
|
| Pida |
Pain,
suffering, pressure. |
| Pinda |
The
foetus or embryo, the body. |
| Pinda
Pranaa |
The
individual breath, as contrasted with the cosmic or Universal
breath. |
| Pingala |
A
Nadi or channel of energy, starting from the right nostril, then
moving to the crown of the head and thence downwards to the base of
the spine. As the solar energy flows through it it is also called
the Surya Nadi. Pingala means tawny or reddish. |
| Pliha |
The
spleen. |
| Prajna |
Intelligence,
wisdom. |
| Prajnatma |
The
intelligential; self. |
| Prakrati |
Nature,
the original source of the material world, consisting of three
qualities, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. |
| Pramada |
Indifference,
insensibility. |
| Pramana |
A
standard or ideal; authority. |
| Prana |
Breath,
respiration, life, vitality, wind, energy, strength. It also
connotes the soul. |
| Prana
Vayu |
The
vital air which pervades the entire human body. It moves in the
region of the chest. |
| Pranava |
Another
word for the sacred syllable Aum. |
| Pranayama |
Rhythmic
control of breath. The fourth stage of yoga. |
| Pranidhana |
Dedication. |
| Prasarita |
Spread
out, stretched out. |
| Prasvasa |
Expiration. |
| Pratyahara |
Withdrawal
and emancipation of the mind from the domination of the senses and
sensual objects. The fifth stage of yoga. |
| Pratyaksa |
Direct
evidence. |
| Punya |
Virtue,
merit, righteous, just, good. |
| Puraka |
Inhalation. |
| Purnata |
Fullness,
perfection. |
| Purva |
East.
The front of the body. |
| Purvottana |
The
intense stretch of the front side of the body. |
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