Glossary - P
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| Title | Details | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| Panja | The hand with the fingers, extended; a representation of the same mounted on a staff and carried in procession... | 206 |
| Panjabi | A long, full-handed loose dress for man. The language of the Punjab. It is of Sanskrit origin and... | 212 |
| Para | A village, part of a village or town; it is commonly used in composition to form the names of villages... | 209 |
| Parampara | One after another in succession, hereditary, traditional. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 211 |
| Parampari | Successive arrangement, series, lineage. [Wilson’s Glossary | 215 |
| Parcha | A statement showing demand, etc., on a holding. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 269 |
| Parda | A veil, a screen, a curtain, especially one which excludes the woman of a family from the gaze of men.... | 222 |
| Pardah-nashin, Pardah-nishin | Sitting being the curtain. Purdah. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] A woman who observes the practice... | 246 |
| Pardanashin Women | A woman of rank who lives in seclusion, shut in the Zenana, having no communication except from behind... | 236 |
| Pargana | A tract of a country comprising many villages; a revenue district. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 204 |
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