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- PAIKEDA foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in exchange for military service.
- PAISAA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
- PAKORAA piece of vegetable, or sometimes meat, deep-fried in a batter flavoured with spices.
- PALASA tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
- PANDITAn honorary title for a learned man or scholar.
- PARDA leopard; a panther.
- PARIAHSynonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
- PHAGEA virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
- PICEAlternative form of paisa, especially in the form of coins worth 20 cash.
- PILAFA dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
- PONZUA sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.
- PONZUSA sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.
- POONACA kind of oil cake prepared from the coconut.
- POUTTo push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- PRAJNAWisdom; understanding; insight.
- PRAJNASWisdom; understanding; insight.
- PRANARespiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
- PUJAA religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
- PUJARISomeone who performs a puja, especially a priest in a Hindu temple.
- PULAOAlternative form of pilaf.
- PULWARA keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.
- PUNDITAn expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
- PUNKAHA fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling, formerly often operated by a servant.
- PURIA type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
- PUTTEEA strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
- RAGAAny of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
- RAGIA grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
- RAITAA condiment made from seasoned yogurt used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia.
- RANGOLIA geometric or stylized design on the floor (or other flat surface) made using small coloured granules, powder or flowers.
- RANIThe wife of a rajah.
- REAVETo plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- RIDETo transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- RISHIA Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.
- ROSEA shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- ROTIA kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- RUFIYAAThe official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari.
- RUPEEAny of the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka.
- RUPIAHThe unit of currency in Indonesia.
- SAAGAn Indian dish made from greens (usually spinach) cooked down to a thick paste.
- SADHUAn ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).
- SAMADHIA state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.
- SAMBARA Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).
- SAMITIA local political association
- SANDHIAny of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to n
- SANGEETA gathering for the purpose of singing songs; a musical ceremony.
- SANGHAThe community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism
- SARANGIA bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
- SARIThe traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to for
- SARPANCHThe elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan.
- SATORIA sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
- SHAMACopsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.
- SHAMANA traditional faith healer.
- SHAMPOOA traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
- SHAVEROne who shaves.
- SHERWANIA knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.
- SHRUTIThe smallest interval of pitch that can be detected or produced.
- SINEIn a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
- SINEDIn a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
- SINEWA cord or tendon of the body.
- SKYCLADBelonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.
- SOLAAlternative form of shola.
- SPARKA small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
- SPEWTo eject forcibly and in a stream.
- SPRINGTo move or burst forth.
- STUPAA Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
- STURDIESOf firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
- STURDYOf firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
- SUBAHA province of the Mughal Empire.
- SUTRAA rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
- SUTTEEThe traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.
- SWAMIA Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
- SWARAJself-rule
- SWAYThe act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- TAHSILAn administrative division in India and Pakistan.
- TAKAThe official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ৳
- TALUKDARAn Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a taluk.
- TANTRICRelated to Vajrayana Buddhism.
- TAPERA slender wax candle.
- TAWAA frying pan or griddle.
- TEELsesame
- TEELSsesame
- THALIA round metal platter used to serve food in India.
- THANAA military outpost.
- THORNA modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- TINCALcrude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds
- TINCALScrude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds
- TODDYThe sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
- TOLAA unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before th
- TONGAA light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
- TOPEEA pith helmet.
- TORANA gateway consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels, often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serving as a monumental approach to a Buddh
- TULPAA magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
- TULWARA type of curved sword used in India and throughout South Asia.
- TURDINEOf or relating to the thrushes, or the Turdidae.
- TUTTYA powdered form of impure zinc oxide used for polishing.
- UNCTTo anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.
- URIALA bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a
- VANASPATIAny plant that bears fruits but no evident flowers.
- VARNAany of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes
- VIHARAA Buddhist monastery.