පන, ad. E. of ‍පන: again, නැවත.

පොරණ, a. See පරණ, ‍පුරාණ.

ප්‍ර·චාරණයකරනවා, v. t. to oppose, prohibit, බාධාකරනවා, තහනම්කරනවා.

පුවත, n. continuance, existence, පැවැත්ම.

පාස·කියනවා, v. bandy words, hint.

පොරෝහිතයා, n. Er. for පුරෝහිතයා.

පවිටු, a. sinful, පර්‍වකාර, පාපිෂ්ඨ.

පහවෙනවා, v. i. to pass or move or clear away.

පරි·ස්කන්‍දයා, පරි·ස්කන්තයා, n. adopted child.

පුරාණය, n. One of a class of H. sacred and poetical works, which are said to have been compiled or composed by the poet ව්‍යාස. Of these there are eighteen, with eighteen supplementary works called Upa Purana, උප පුරාණ. They treat of the creation, destruction and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Man us and the transactions of their descendants. These works constitute the H. theology, and are much studied.