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RY OF CULTURE
 
संस्कृतियो
 
5
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SL
 
PARASARA.-A sage; father of sage
Vyasa whom he begot on the maiden
Satyavati.
 
ATA
 
LON
 
INDEX
 
PARASURAMA.-Rama with the battle-
axe; an incarnation of the Lord to rid
earth of the burden of haughty kings:
appears as one of the sons of Renuka and
Jamadagni.
 
PARIJATA. A celestial tree which
rises out of the milky ocean; a bestower
of desired objects; taken by Indra.
 
of
 
PARIKSHIT.-Grandson
 
the
 
Pandavas;
 
son of Abhimanyu and
Uttara; born as a corpse as a result of
the deadly missile aimed at his mother's
womb by Asvatthaman; Krishna brings
him to life by His power; succeeds the
Pandavas on the throne; father of
Janamejaya; is cursed by a sage's son to
die of snake-bite within seven days;
renounces his kingdom and hears from
Suka the Bhagavata for the seven days
and attains salvation; other
Bharata (scion of Bharata), Kauravya
(scion of Kuru).
 
names:
 
PAUNDRAKA.-A tribe, inimical to
Krishna and the Yadavas and allied to
Sisupala.
 
PRABHASA.-A holy place in
Kathiawad; the Yadavas perish at that
place in a mutual fight after a carouse.