The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.18

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Pair, Pairing, 136, 145, 240n.37 *Pākayajña*, 68 Pālāgala, 79 Pancāyat, 134 Pañcāyatī rāj, 181 Pāṇḍavas, 149 *Pāpman*. *See* Evil Paraśurāma, 30, 142, 152 Pargana, 167 *Parivrājaka*, 42 Peasant, 164 Pelsaert, 168f. People, 113. *See also* King Perlin, F., 245n.6 Permanent Settlement, 21, 174, 247n.39 *Piṣṭapaśu*, 216n.38; 236n.39 Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa, 85 Power: and authority, 141, 157, 187; dispersed, 114, 147, 148, 150, 167 Praiser, 75f., 80, 222n.24 Prajāpati: and contest with Death, 33, 94, 153, 210n.40; as creator, 134, 136; head of, 53; incest of, 61; as personification of systematized ritual, 50; reviled, 76; and sacrificer, 27 *Prakṛti* 113, 149 *Pralaya*, 229n.25 *Prāṇāgnihotra*, 4, 42, 93, 103, 213n.77 *Prāsahā*, 236n.38 *Prāśitra*, 220n.34 *Pratirājan*, 30, 79, 123 *Pratyavarohaṇīya*. *See* "Alighting" *Pravṛtti*, 196, 198 *Pravrājaka*, 40 *Prayujām havīṃṣi*, 120 Priesthood, 141, 151–53, 157 Pṛthu, 116 Punarabhiṣeka, 117, 234n.89. *See also* Unction *Punarmṛtyu*. *See* Re-death *Purīṣa*, 55f. *Purohita*, 37f., 42, 144, 151, 155 *Puruṣa*. *See* Cosmic man