Ancient Names, Vedic Names, Mythological Names in the letter P

Ancient Names, Vedic Names, Mythological Names in the letter P

Names	Meaning
Palasa	A tree, also called the "flame of the forest".
Panchajanya	Name of Krishna's conch.
Panchala	Panchala corresponds to the geographical area between the Ganges River and Yamuna River around the city of Kanpur and Benares. Anciently, it was home to an Indian Kingdom, the Panchalas, one of the Mahajanapadas.
Panchali	Another name of Draupadi, Queen of the Pandavas and daughter of King Drupada.
Panchalya	A son of King Drupada who died in the war.
Panchvati	The place beside the river Godavari where Rama, Sita and Laxmana stayed in exile.
Pandavas	Pandavas are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu, by his two wives Kunti and Madri. They are Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna and Nakula , Sahadeva.
Pandu	Second son of Vichitravirya and Ambalika who succeeded to the throne of Hastinapura on his father's death, as his elder brother Dhritarashtra was born blind, father of the Pandavas.
Parada	The name of a brahman who brought news of Nala to Damayanti.
Paramhamsa	The supreme swan.
Parasara	A great sage, father of Veda Vyasa.
Parashurama	Sixth avatara of Vishnu, the son of Jamadagni. His name literally means Rama-with-the-axe. He received an axe after undertaking a terrible penance to please Shiva, from whom he learned the methods of warfare and other skills. Parashurama's creation was a mistake as his mother was given a concoction made to produce a Kshatriya child. Parashurama was of mixed varna.
Paravasu	Son of Raibhva and elder brother of Arvavasu whose wife was violated by Yavakrida, who was killed with a spear by a friend for his sin.
Parikshit	Son of Abhimanyu and grandson of the Pandavas who was crowned King after the holocaust claimed the Kauravas and the Pandavas.
Partha	Another name of Arjuna.
Parvati	Goddess of love, the consort of Shiva and mother of Ganesha and Karthikeya.
Pasupatastra	Pasupatastra is the irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Siva.
Paurava	A Kaurava hero.
Pavanrekha	Wife of Ugrasena, mother of Kamsa.
Phalguna	Arjuna.
Pitamaha	Literally means grandfather. Bhishma.
Prabhasa	The Vasu who seized Vasishtha's divine cow.
Pradyumna	Son of Krishna and Rukmani.
Prahasta	Means long-head, One of Ravana's generals slain by Nila.
Prajapati	Prajapatis are a group (or one) of creation gods, children of Brahma, including Daksha.
Prasad	Food or other offerings, considered to be sanctified, after being presented to God. Naivedhya.
Pratikhami	Duryodhana's charioteer.
Prayag	The holy place where Ganga and Jamuna meet.
Pritha	Mother of Karna and of the Pandavas; equvivalent Kunti.
Pudarikaksha	Krishna, the lotus-eyed one.
Purochana	An architect and friend of Duryodhana, who built a beautiful wax palace named "Sivam" in Varanavata.
Purumitra	A Kaurava warrior.
Purushartha	The four chief aims of human life. Arranged from lowest to highest, these goals are sensual pleasures ( kama), worldly status and security (artha), personal righteousness and social morality (dharma), and liberation from the cycle of reincarnation (moksha).
Purushottama	An epithet of Sri Krishna. It is one of the names of Vishnu and means the Supreme and ideal most amoung men.
Pushkara	The brother of Nala to whom nala lost his Kingdom and all that he possessed in gambling.