Prahlada Prahlada is famed for his exclusive devotion (bhakti) to Vishnu, despite attempts in the story by his father, Hiranyakashipu, to turn him to the contrary. He is considered to be a great devotee, by followers of Vaishnava traditions and is of special importance to devotees of the avatār Narasimha (the Man-Lion). A philosophical treatise is accredited…
Pratipa Pratipa (Sanskrit: प्रतीप, pratīpa.) was a Kuru king, the father of Shantanu and grandfather of Bhishma. He was the son of king Bhimasena of Hastinapur and princess Sukumari of the Kaikeyas. He married Sunanda of the Shibis, on whom he begot Devapi, Shantanu and Bahlika. Once when King Pratipa was meditating on the banks of…
Prativindhya Prativindhya (IAST: Prativindhya, Sanskrit: प्रतविन्ध्य) was the eldest of the Upapandavas, born to Yudhishthira and Draupadi. The Upapandavas were the five sons born to Draupadi from each of the five Pandavas. They are: Prativindhya from Yudhishthira, Sutasoma from Bhimasena, Shrutakarma from Arjuna, Shatanika from Nakula and Shrutasena from Sahadeva. They fought the battle on the…
Pratyagraha Pratyagraha was the second son of Vasu Uparichara, the Chedi king and Girika [Mahabharata: Shantanu, Ganga, Bhishma and Satyavati].
Punnaga Tree Punnaga or Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called Alexandrian laurel, ball tree, beach calophyllum, beach touriga, beauty leaf, Borneo-mahogany, Indian doomba oil tree, Indian-laurel, laurelwood, red poon, satin touriga, and tacamahac-tree. It is native from East Africa, southern coastal India and Australia. Calophyllum inophyllum is a low-branching and slow-growing tree with a broad and irregular crown. It usually reaches 8 to 20 m (26 to 66 ft) in height.…
Punnaga Tree Punnaga or Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called Alexandrian laurel, ball tree, beach calophyllum, beach touriga, beauty leaf, Borneo-mahogany, Indian doomba oil tree, Indian-laurel, laurelwood, red poon, satin touriga, and tacamahac-tree. It is native from East Africa, southern coastal India and Australia. Calophyllum inophyllum is a low-branching and slow-growing tree with a broad and irregular crown. It usually reaches 8 to 20 m (26 to 66 ft) in height.…
Purujit In Mahabharata: (1) Fought on the side of Yudhishthira. Fought with Durmukha on the 12th day of the war. (2) One of the thousand names of Vishnu