Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

242 Pancaraksaface having three eyes. Depicted with the nakedbody of an ascetic, wearing a necklace of snakes.Shrines symbolize the god with a stone, its toppainted red and usually placed beneath a tree.Pancanana is worshiped extensively in Hindu villagesthroughout Bengal where women makeinvocations and anoint the stones, particularlywhen sickness strikes. There is a belief that childrenin the throes of epilepsy have been seized bythe god.Pancaraksa (five-fold protection)Group of goddesses. Buddhist. Five tutelary orguardian deities who personify protective spells ormagic formulae. They are thus known as “spellgoddesses.”PandaraGoddess. Buddhist. The SAKTI of AMITABHA anda female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Sheoriginates from the Tantric syllable PAM. Color:rose. Attributes: blue lotus, cup, knife and prayerwheel.PaneuA collective term for seven gods. Kafir [Afghanistan].The divine brothers are cast as the huntersand henchmen of the supreme goddess DISANI.Each is equipped with a golden bow and quiver.They are generally portrayed as merciless andmalignant forces. Also Paradik, Purron.Pansahi MataMother goddess. Hindu. A SAKTI and one ofseven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduismbecame regarded as of evil intent, inflictingsickness on children under the age of seven. Particularlyknown from Bengal.Pao KungGod of magistrates. Chinese. Lived as a mortalfrom AD 999-1062 during the Sung Dynasty.Depicted with a dark face, implying impartiality,and wearing yellow and purple robes. Attributesinclude a wooden scepter. He is attended by twominor deities, one holding his seal of office andthe other holding the rod of punishment.PapasLocal god. Phrygian [northwestern Turkey].According to tradition, he inseminated a rock andso engendered the hermaphrodite being Agdistis.Later became syncretized with ZEUS.PapatuanukuChthonic mother goddess. Polynesian (includingMaori). According to tradition she evolvedspontaneously in the cosmic night personified byTE PO and became the apotheosis of papa, theearth. In other traditions she was engendered,with the sky god RANGINUI, by a primordialandrogynous being, ATEA. Paptuanuku and Ranginuiare regarded as the primal parents of the pantheonwho, through a prolonged period ofintercourse, produced at least ten major deities astheir children. In Maori culture Papatuanuku, likeall deities, is represented only by inconspicuous,slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and notby the large totems, which are depictions ofancestors.Pap-nigin-gara (lord of the boundary stone)God of war. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). Syncretized with NINURTA.PapsukkalMessenger god. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). Identified in late Akkadian texts and