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PBAJVA. 'Breath or life.' In the Atharva-yeda it is personified
and a hymn is addressed to it.
PBASANNA-BAGHAYA. A drama hy Jaya-deva in seven
acts. It has been printed at Benares.
PBASENA. Son of Nighna and brother of Satra-jit or
Sattrajita. He was killed by a lion. See Syamantaka.
PBANA. Name of an Upanishad (q.v.).
PBASUTL A daughter of Mann and wife of Daksha.
PBATABDANA. Son of Divodasa, king of KasL The
whole family of Divodasa was slain by a king named Yita-havya.
The afflicted monarch through a sacrifice performed by Bhngu
obtained a son, Pratardana, who became a mighty warrior, and
avenged the family wrongs upon his father's foe. Yita-havya
then flew to the sage Bhn'gu for protection, and was by him
raised to the dignity of a Brahmarshi.
PBATLSAKHYAS. Treatises on the phonetic laws of the
language of the Yedas, dealing with the euphonic combination
of letters and the peculiarities of their pronunciation as they
prevailed
in the different $akhas or Yedic schools. These
treatises are very ancient, but they are considerably later than
the hymns, for the idiom of the hymns must have become
obscure and obsolete before these treatises were necessary. Pour
such treatises are known :
Rig-veda. One which is considered to belong to the Sakhala-
saklia of this Yeda, and is ascribed to $aunaka. It has been
edited and translated into German by Max Muller, and into
Trench by M, Eegnier.
Yajur-veda. Taittiriya-pralisakhya, belonging to the Black
Yajur, printed in the BiUiotheca, Indica and also in the Journal
of the American Oriental Society, with a translation by Professor
Whitney.
Fdjasaneyt-pratisakhya. Belonging to the White Yajur. It
is attributed to Katyayana, and has been edited and translated
by Weber.
Atharvarveda. The$aunaluyaChaturadhyayika, i.&, ^aunaka's
treatise in four
by WMtney.
chapters. Edited and translated into English
"No Pratisakhya of the Sama-veda has been discovered.
PEATI-SHTHANA. An ancient city, the capital of 1ihe
early kings of the Lunar race "
it was situated on the eastern
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