| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Palaniyantavan" | Hindu / Dravidian / Tamil | A local god |
| God name "Palaniyantavan" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Local god. Known only from southern India and considered to be a form of SKANDA or of MURUKAN, who is an old Tamil tribal snake god.... |
| Spirit name "Paramapadatmavat" | Buddhist | That which is of the very essence or nature of high spirit, bordering on the unconditioned nature of the hierarch. Buddhist |
| Spirit name "Paramita" | Buddhist | Descriptive name of a philosophical deity. Applied to one of the group of twelve whose spiritual father is RATNASAMBHAVA. Common attributes: banner with a pearl, and a lotus.... |
| Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
| Goddess name "Pariskaravasita (control of purification)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: yellow. Attribute: jeweled staff.... |
| Goddess name "Pariskaravåśśita" | Buddhist | Minor goddess, one of those personifying the discipline of spiritual regeneration. Buddhist |
| Deity name "Parna-Savari" | Buddhist | A healing deity. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Parna-Savari (dressed in leaves)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA and BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Also one of a group of DHARANIS (deifications of literature). She is particularly recognized in the northwest of India. Her vehicle is GANESA surmounting obstacles. Color: yellow or green. Attributes: arrow, ax, bow, flower, noose, peaçõçk feather, skin and staff. She is depicted as having three eyes and three heads.... |
"Parsva" | The 23rd tirthankava / therefore the penultimate in the line of mythical salvation teachers | Jain. Possibly a historic person who lived in the 8th century BC, he was succeeded by Mahaviva or Vardhamana, who was definitely a person in history. Parsva has been credited as the mythical founder of Jainism.... |
| Spirit name "Pava" | Peru | The returning messianic god-spirit who has yet to return. Peru |
"Pavaka" | Buddist | One of the three personified fires, whether cosmic or human; one of the three sons of Agni-Abhimani and Svaha. Buddist |
| God name "Pavana" | Hindu | God of the winds, said to be the father of Hanumat or Hanuman, the monkey king who becomes Rama's helper in the Ramayana. Hindu |
| God name "Pavana (purifier)" | Hindu | God of the winds. His consort is Anjana. Also VAYU.... |
"Phaea" | Greek | The name of the sow of Crommyon, which ravaged the neighbourhood, and was slain by Theseus. |
| Goddess name "Pidari (snake-catcher)" | Hindu / Puranic / later | One of the consorts of S IVA. A benevolent NAVASAKTI. The cult of Pidari probably evolved in the sixth and seventh centuries AD and is generally restricted to southern India. She is considered an aspect of the goddess KALI and is invoked in many villages to ward off evil and demons. She has most of the attributes of Kali and may also have snakes around her breasts, but may additionally be represented by a stone. Her cult moved at one time and reached a climax in eastern India between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Attributes: cup, fire, noose and trident. Also Pitali; Kala-Pidari.... |
| God name "Pisacas" | Hindu | Demigods created by Brahma, the creator of the universe. People, with all parts of their bodies smeared with mud; besmearing their friends here and there with mud; speaking, for the sake of love, various beautiful utterances concerning persons having sexual intercourse and the women fit for cohabitation, instigating sex-instinct; saying indecent words and crying aloud - should play. On that day, in the morning, the Pisacas of dreadful sight - the followers of Nikumbha - enter all the human beings. In the evening, they leave the body of one who does so and is bathed and enter that of another, cursing him, who does not do so. Then the bathed persons should worship Kes'ava. Hindu |
"Prabhavapyaya" | Buddist | That from which all things originate and into which they all resolve at the end of the life cycle. A synonym for Brahman-pradhana. Buddist |
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