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panchabhūtas
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sanskrit : पञ्च-भूत ; The 5 elements (earth, air, fire, water and sky).
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pāpa
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Sanskrit : पाप; Bad , vicious , wicked , evil , wretched , vile , low, boding evil , inauspicious.
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parampara
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sanskrit : परम्पर ; one following the other , proceeding from one to another (as from father to son) , successive.
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pārāyaṇa
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sanskrit : पारायणं, स्वाध्यायः ; Reading, Perusal.
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parivrājaka
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Sanskrit : परिव्राजक; a wandering religious mendicant.
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paroksha
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Sanskrit : परोक्ष ; Invisible, imperceptible.
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paṭana
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sanskrit : पठन ; Reading, Studying.
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pātivratya
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sanskrit : पातिव्रत्यं ; Chastity, devoted attachment, faithfulness, loyalty, modesty.
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paurusha
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Sanskrit: पौरुष ; The inherent wish and will of man.
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pradakshina
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sanskrit : प्रदक्षिण; Reverential salutation, by circumambulating a person or object, keeping the right side towards them.
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prakṛti
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Sanskrit : प्रकृति; In the Sankhya philosophy, the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or gunas called sattva, rajas and tamas) , Nature (distinguished from purusha, Spirit as Maya is distinguished from Brahman in the Vedanta)
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prāṇāyāma
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Sanskrit : प्राणायाम ; The practice of breath control in yoga.
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prathyaksha
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Sanskrit : प्रत्यक्ष ; Perceptible, perceivable, present, cognizable by any of the organs of sense.
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pratijna
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Sanskrit : प्रति़ज्ञा ; A vow.
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prāyopaveśa
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Sanskrit : प्रायोपवेश ; Abstaining from food and awaiting in a sitting posture the approach of death.
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