ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'P'
Paada (पाद) - a quarter / a part / a chapter
Padma (पद्म) - lotus
Padmaasana (पद्मासन ) - the lotus pose
Paksha (पक्ष) - to side with / to espouse a side / to go with the current
Panchamahaabhutam (पंचमहाभूतं) - five great elements (air, water, fire, earth and ether), also known as pancha tattva
Panchamakaara (पंचमकार) - the five practices of kaulachara tantra - mamsa (meat), madhya (wine), matsya (fish), mudra (grain), maithuna (sexual intercourse)
Panchatayyah (पञ्चतय्यः) - fivefold
Panka (पंक) - mud / mire
Panthah (पन्थः) - path / way of being
Para (पर) - of others / another’s
Parabindu (परबिन्दु) - cosmic causal body / ishvar tattva
Paralingam (परलिंगम) - symbol of the self within sahasrara chakra, represents cosmic awareness
Para naada (पर नाद) - most subtle causal sound vibration, ishvar tattva
Parakaaya pravesha (परकाय प्रवेश) - entering the body of another
Parama (परम) - highest / most excellent / best
Paramamahatva (परममहत्त्व) - infinitely great / most distant
Paramaanu (परमाणु) - an infinitesimal particle
Paramaatmaa (परमात्मा) - God / Supreme soul
Paramaatman (परमात्मन) - supreme soul / universal self
Paramparaa (परम्परा) - bound by tradition / lineage / proceeding from one to another
Paraarthabhaavanaa (परार्थभावना) - re-absorption of phenomenal creation / non perception of objects
Paraartham (परार्थं) - for the sake of another
Paraarthatvaat (परार्थत्वात) - apart from another
Paravairaagya (परवैराग्य) - highest and purest form of renunciation
Parichaya (परिचय) - acquaintance / intimacy / introduction
Parichayaavasthaa (परिचयावस्था) - state of acquisition
Paridrishtaah (परिदृष्टाः) - regulated / measured
Parijnaataa (परिज्ञाता) - known
Parinaama (परिणाम) - change / alteration / transformation / result
Parinaama nitya (परिणाम नित्य) - termination of mutation or transformation
Paripakva (परिपक्व) - highly cultivated / quite ripe
Paripakva chitta (परिपक्वचित्त) - matured consciousness
Paripurna (परिपूर्ण) - completely filled / full / perfect
Parishuddhi (परिशुद्धि) - complete purification / purity
Paritaapa (परिताप) - pain / anguish / affliction / grief
Paryaavasaanam (पर्यावसानं) - end / termination / conclusion
Paschim (पश्चिम) - west / back of the body
Paschimottanasana (पश्चिमोत्तानासन) - back stretching pose
Paashinee mudra (पाशिनी मुद्रा) - folded gesture
Pashyanti naada (पश्यन्ति नाद) - sound vibration in the cosmic subtle body
Pawan (पवन) - wind / praana vaayu
Pawan tattva (पवन तत्त्व) - air element
Payaswini naadi (पयस्विनी नाड़ी) - naadi terminating at the right big toe, between poosha and pingalaa
Paataala (पाताल) - one of the seven lokas under the earth
Patanjali (पतंजलि) - incarnation of aadishesha and author of Yoga Sutras
Phala (फल) - fruit / result
Pind (पिंड) - cage / physical body
Pingalaa (पिंगला) - surya naadi, one of the three major psychic channels, which runs on the right side of the spine, controls the sympathetic nervous system
Pipaas (पिपास) - thirst
Pitta (पित्त) - one of the three doshas or humour / bile
Plaavini praanaayaama (प्लाविनी प्राणायाम) - gulping breath in which air is swallowed in the stomach and retained
Pooja (पूजा) - worship
Pooraka (पूरक) - inhalation
Poornimaa (पूर्णिमा) - full moon day or night
Poosha naadi (पूष नाड़ी) - one of the ten major naadis / runs from the right ear to the abdomen
Prachaara (प्रचार) - coming forth / being used or applied
Pracchhardana (प्रच्छर्दन) - expelling
Pradhaana (प्रधान) - primary matter / first cause
Praadurbhaava (प्रादुर्भाव) - coming into existence / manifestation
Praag (प्राग) - towards
Praagbhaaram (प्रागभारं) - gravitational pull
Prahlaad (प्रह्लाद) - son of demon Hiranyakashipu / great devotee of Lord Vishnu
Prajnaa (प्रज्ञा) - awareness
Prajnaa jyoti (प्रज्ञा ज्योति) - light of wisdom
Prajnaatan (प्रज्नातं) - wise or learned person
Praakaamya (प्राकाम्य) - attainment of every wish, one of the ashta siddhis
Prakaasha (प्रकाश) - evident / luminosity / brilliance / splendour
Prakriti (प्रकृति) - nature
Prakritijaya (प्रकृतिजय) - conquest of nature
Prakritijnaana (प्रकृतिज्ञान) - knowledge of nature
Prakriti laya (प्रकृति लय) - merging in prakriti
Prakritinaam (प्रकृतिनाम) - potentials of nature
Pramaada (प्रमाद) - carelessness
Pramaana (प्रमाण) - proof / correct notion / right conception
Praana (प्राण) - life force / vital energy
Praana jnaana (प्राण ज्ञान) - knowledge of the vital force
Praanamaya Kosha (प्राणमय कोष) - the vital sheath
Praana prajna (प्राण प्रज्ञा) - awareness of the vital forces
Pranava (प्रणव) - the sacred syllable om(aum)
Praanavaayu (प्राणवायु) - vital energy that governs the thoracic region
Praana vritti (प्राण वृत्ति) - regulation of breath or energy
Pranayama (प्राणायाम) - expansion of the vital energy through restraint of the breath, fourth limb of
patanjali’s ashtaanga yoga
Pranidhaana (प्रणिधान) - surrender / laying off / profound religious meditation
Praanta bhumi (प्रांत भूमि) - stages of growth in the field of yoga
Praapti (प्राप्ति) - the power of obtaining everything, one of the ashta siddhis
Praapya (प्राप्य) - to attain
Praarabdha karma (प्रारब्ध कर्म) - merit or demerits of previous life to be experienced in the present life
Prasaadah (प्रसादः) - settling down / becoming clear / purity / serenity of disposition
Prasanga (प्रसंग) - event / connection
Prasankhyana (प्रसंख्येन) - highest form of intelligence
Prashaanta (प्रशांत) - tranquility
Prashaanta chitta (प्रशांत चित्त) - tranquil consciousness
Prashaanta vaahini (प्रशांत वाहिनी) - flow of tranquility
Prashaanta vritti (प्रशांत वृत्ति) - movement of tranquility
Prasava (प्रसव) - procreation / evolution / bringing forth
Prasupta (प्रसुप्त) - dormant / sleep
Prashvaasa (प्रश्वास) - outbreath / exhalation
Prathamaa (प्रथमा) - first / foremost
Prathamaa kalpita (प्रथमा कल्पित) - just begun / first progress
Prati (प्रति) - against / opposite to
Pratibandhi (प्रतिबन्धी) - contradicting / objecting
Pratibhaa (प्रतिभा) - light / brilliant / genius
Pratibhaat (प्रतिभात) - the effulgent light of wisdom
Pratipaksha (प्रतिपक्ष) - the opposite / contrary
Pratipattih (प्रतिपत्तिः) - understanding / knowledge
Pratiprasavah (प्रतिप्रसवः) - involution / going back to the original state
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध) - keeping or warding off
Pratishthaa (प्रतिष्ठा) - establishment / consecration
Pratishtham (प्रतिष्ठं) - occupying / seeing
Pratishthaayaam (प्रतिष्ठायां) - to stand firmly
Pratiyogi (प्रतियोगी) - equally matched / uninterrupted sequence
Pratyaahaara (प्रत्याहार) - withdrawal of senses, fifth of the eight limbs of Patanjali’s ashtanga yoga
Pratyakchetana (प्रत्यक्चेतन) - the seer
Pratyaksha (प्रत्यक्ष) - real / self-evident
Pratyaya (प्रत्यय) - means / device / firm conviction / faith
Pravibhaaga (प्रविभाग) - distinction / differentiation
Pravritti (प्रवृत्ति) - evolution / going forward
Pravritti maarga (प्रवृत्ति मार्ग) - path of evolution
Prayatna (प्रयत्न) - preserving effort / great exertion
Prayojakam (प्रयोजकं) - usefulness / effect
Prithvi (पृथ्वी) - the earth / one of the panch mahaabhuta
Punah (पुनः) - again
Punya (पुण्य) - virtue
Punyaapunya (पुण्यापुण्य) - virtues and vices
Puraana (पुराण) - legend / belonging to ancient times
Puru (पुरु) - son of king Yayaati
Purusha (पुरुष) - the seer / soul
Purusha jnaana (पुरुष ज्ञान) - knowledge of the soul
Purusha khyaati (पुरुष ख्याति) - perception of the seer
Purushaarta (पुरुषार्थ) - four objects or aims of life - Dharma / Artha / Kaama / Moksha
Purushaartha shunya (पुरुषार्थ शून्य) - devoid of four aims of life
Purusha visheshah (पुरुष विशेषः) - distinct purusha / special entity / God
Purushayoh (पुरुषयोः) - of the soul
Purva (पूर्व) - earlier than / former / prior
Purva mimaamsaa (पूर्व मीमांसा) - a systematic enquiry of the ritual portion of the vedas founded by jaimini
Purvebhah (पूर्वेभ्यः) - in relation with the preceding ones
Purvesham (पूर्वेशां) - first / foremost