Glossary - P

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PanjaThe hand with the fingers, extended; a representation of the same mounted on a staff and carried in procession...391
PanjabiA long, full-handed loose dress for man.   The language of the Punjab. It is of Sanskrit origin and...454
ParaA village, part of a village or town; it is commonly used in composition to form the names of villages...391
ParamparaOne after another in succession, hereditary, traditional. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]419
ParampariSuccessive arrangement, series, lineage. [Wilson’s Glossary480
ParchaA statement showing demand, etc., on a holding. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]457
PardaA veil, a screen, a curtain, especially one which excludes the woman of a family from the gaze of men....406
Pardah-nashin, Pardah-nishinSitting being the curtain. Purdah. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law]   A woman who observes the practice...912
Pardanashin WomenA woman of rank who lives in seclusion, shut in the Zenana, having no communication except from behind...453
ParganaA tract of a country comprising many villages; a revenue district. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]...394