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Pandosia (Lucania) Pandosia (Greek: ) was an ancient town of Lucania (now Basilicata), Italy, situated near Heraclea. It has often been confounded with Pandosia in Bruttium; but the distinct existence of a Lucanian town of the name is clearly established by two authorities.
Pandrup Pandrup is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the northwest coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 190 km², and has a total population of 10,676 (2005).
Pandulf II of Benevento Pandulf II the Old (died August 1014) was the prince of Benevento from 981 and prince of Capua (as Pandulf III) from 1008 or 1009 to his death, the son of Landulf III who was co-prince between 959 and 968. Pandulf was first associated as co-prince (in Capua) in 977.
Pandulf II of Capua Pandulf II or III, called the Black (Niger) or the Young, was the son and successor of Landulf VII of Capua in 1007. He ruled jointly with his uncle, Pandulf II of Benevento, who was originally his regent, until the latter's death in 1014.
Pandulf II of Salerno Pandulf II (died 13 July 982) was the prince of Salerno (981), the second of such princes of the family of the princes of Capua. He was originally appointed heir to the childless Gisulf I of Salerno, who had been reinstated on his throne by Pandulf's father, Pandulf Ironhead.
Pandulf III of Benevento Pandulf III (d.1060) was the prince of Benevento in the Mezzogiorno in medieval Italy, first as co-ruler with his father, Landulf V, and grandfather, Pandulf II, from 1012 or thereabouts to 1014, when the elder Pandulf died.
Pandulf Ironhead Pandulf I (also Randulf, Bandulf, Pandulph, Pandolf, Pandolfo, Paldolf, or Paldolfo), called Ironhead (Testa di Ferro, Testaferrata, or Capodiferro in Italian), was the prince of Benevento and Capua from 943 to 981. He was an important nobleman in the fight with the Byzantines and Moslems for control of the Mezzogiorno in the centuries after the collapse of Lombard and Carolingian authority in the peninsula.
Pandulph Pandulph (or Pandolfo) (d. September 16, 1226), Roman ecclesiastical politician, papal legate to England and bishop of Norwich, was born in Rome, and first came to England in 1211, when he was commissioned by Innocent III to negotiate with King John.
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, known as Sane Guruji(24/12/1899 to 11/06/1950) to his followers, was a famous Marathi author and social activist. He was born in a Brahmin family in a town palghad in Ratnagiri district konkan region of rural Maharashtra.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Athavale (, ) (October 19, 1920 – October 25, 2003), known as dada (, ), meaning elder brother in marathi) A philosopher and social reformer who gave discourses upon Srimad Bhagawad Geeta and Upnishads. He motivated his followers to move in society and spread the thoughts of Geeta.
Pandurs Pandurs were a non-linear (irregular) army made out of mainly Balkan Slavs, whose main objective was to raid behind enemy lines, attack baggage and supply trains, conduct guerrilla warfare, and to fight in extended formations. They were formed in the Habsburg army in the 18th century, but were not deployed in large-scale conflicts (due to their specialized nature).
Pandyan Kingdom The Pandyan kingdom பாண்டியர் was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown antiquity. Pandyas were one of the three ancient Tamil kingdoms (Chola and Chera being the other two) who ruled the Tamil country from pre-historic times until end of the 15th century.
PanDaemonAeon PanDaemonAeon is a DVD by Cradle of Filth, originally released on VHS in 1999, and surfacing on disc in 2002. It is primarily a showcase for the band's first ever promo video for the song From the Cradle to Enslave, taken from the EP of the same name.
Paneer Paneer (Hindi: पनीर , from Persian پنير sometimes spelled Panir or Paner), is the most common Indian form of cheese. It is an unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese that is similar to acid-set fresh mozzarella and queso blanco, except that it does not have salt added.
Panegyric A panegyric is a formal public speech, or (in later use) written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical. It is derived from Greek meaning a speech "fit for a general assembly" (panegyris).
Panel analysis Panel (data) analysis is an econometric method, which deals with two-dimensional panel data. The data are usually collected over time and over the same individuals and then a regression is run over these two dimensions.
Panel Action Bingo Panel Action Bingo is a bizarre Game Boy game where the player controls a bird and he has to avoid a cat as he navigates through a Bingo card. During the course of the game, the player must also position himself so that the cat will fall down the holes that appear in the Bingo card over time before the player-controlled bird does the same.
Panel beater A panel beater is a person who repairs vehicles back to their factory state after them having been in an accident. They do this using many skillful techniques ranging from planishing, welding, filling, and many more.
Panel de Pon Panel de Pon is a puzzle game developed by Nintendo's Intelligent Systems, released in Japan on October 27, 1995 for the Super Famicom. It was released in North America about a year later as a different version called Tetris Attack, featuring characters from Yoshi's Island.
Panel on Takeovers and Mergers The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the 'Takeover Panel') is a regulatory body located in London, United Kingdom. It was set up in 1968 and is charged with the administration of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
Panel painting A Panel painting was a painting support medium in popular use in the West for about 300 years, from the late 12th century until the 16th century, after which canvas and oil paint became the norm. A "panel" was created from wood with a chalk mixture layered on top to form a solid, smooth surface, like ivory, and was then painted using an egg-yolk based paint.
Panel saw Panel saw is a type of woodworking machine > panel line > panel dividing equipment that is intended to divide panel sheets into sized parts. Panel saws are the backbone of cabinet shops and are used to easily cut plywood and melamine sheets into cabinet components.
Panel study A panel study is a longitudinal study design where a cross-sectional sample of units is selected and surveyed at usually regular intervals. The observation units may be individuals, households, firms or other organisations, or even countries.
Panel truck A panel truck is a windowless cargo van built on a truck chassis. Similar in function to its smaller cousin, the sedan delivery; which is a station wagon with no backseat, and no side windows aft of the front doors.
Panela cheese Panela cheese, also called "Queso de canasta", because it carries the imprint of the basket in which it is molded, is a soft, white cheese most often served as part of an appetizer or snack tray. Usually made of cow's milk, it is an unaged cheese similar to quesillo.
Panelák Panelák is the colloquial name of blocks of high-rise flats in the Czech Republic and Slovakia constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete. The full name is panelový dom (Slovak) / panelový dům (Czech), meaning, literally, "prefabricated-sections house".
Panelite Panelite is the leading developer and distributor of translucent honeycomb panels to the architectural and design industries. Founded in 1998 by two architects who developed an innovative material concept as a solution to a design problem, Panelite has since developed a full line of proprietary materials and continues to apply an architecturally based approach to the processes of material research, development, and production.
Panellets Panellets are the traditional dessert of the All Saints holiday in the Catalan Countries, together with chestnuts, sweet potatoes or sweet wine. Panellets (Catalan for little breads) are small cakes or cookies in different shapes, mostly round, made mainly of marzipan.
Panelology Panelology or comic book collecting is a hobby that treats comic books and related items as artwork to be sought after and preserved. Though considerably more recent than the collecting of postage stamps (philately) or books (bibliophilia), it has a major following around the world today and is partially responsible for the increased interest in comics after the temporary slump experienced during the 1980s.
Panelplane Until recently the term "panelplane" occurred most often in relation to a woodworking tool peculiar to Holland, now mostly traded as antiques among collectors. In 2003 however a company with the same name was founded in England, ostensibly with a view to making planes ~ either hydroplanes or surface-skimming aeroplanes ~ out of foam panels.
Panendeism Panendeism (from Greek πάν ( 'pan' ), meaning 'all'; -en meaning 'in' and Latin deus meaning 'God') is deism combined with the belief that the universe is part of God, but not all of God. Some panendeists have established numerous additional beliefs, and use more specialized terminology to describe them.
Panentheism Panentheism (from Greek: πάν (‘pan’ ) = all, en = in, and theos = God; "all-in-God") is the theological position that God is immanent within the Universe, but also transcends it. It is distinguished from pantheism, which holds that God is synonymous with the material universe.
Panergy Panergy is a software company that develops and sells products for both the Macintosh and the Microsoft Windows platforms. The company’s latest suite of products includes viewers and converters for Microsoft Office programs.
Panerusan The panerusan instruments or elaborating instruments are one of the divisions of instruments used in the gamelan. Instsead of the rhythmic structure provided by the colotomic instruments, and the core melody of the balungan instruments, the panerusan instruments play variations on the balungan.
Panesian Panesian was a Taiwan-based company known for producing three of the rarest video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The games, Bubble Bath Babes, Hot Slots, and Peek A Boo Poker, were pornographic and were not licensed by Nintendo.
Paneth (crater) Paneth is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northwestern limb. It lies just to the north-northeast of Smoluchowski crater, and to the east-southeast of Boole crater on the near side.
Panettone [(Milanese]: panetĂąn) is a typical [[cake of Milan, usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year around Italy, and one of the symbols of the city. Maltese nationals are also traditionally associated with this cake.
Paneurhythmy Paneurhythmy is a method/dance offered by Peter Deunov (the Master Beinsa Douno) who established a Christian Esoteric School of the Universal White Brotherhood in Bulgaria. It is an organic part of his teaching and can be practiced to its full extent only on the basis of this understanding.
Panfilovtsy Panfilovtsy (from , singular: панфиловец - panfilovetz, named after Soviet Major General Ivan Panfilov) were soldiers of the Soviet 316th Rifle Division (renamed to 8th Guards Division on November 18, 1941 and thus they were also bynamed guardsmen-panfilovtsy - гвардейцы-панфиловцы) under the command of Panfilov.
Panfish The term panfish refers to members of the family Centrarchidae, generally referred to as the sunfish family. These fish were originally named due to their "pan-shaped" body, technically labeled as laterally compressed.
Pang De Pang De (170 – 219) was a prominent general under the powerful warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. He was noted for his loyalty when he refused to surrender after he was captured by the enemy general Guan Yu at the Battle of Fancheng.
Pang Hui Pang Hui was a military general serving the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. He was also a son of the general Pang De, who was captured and executed by Guan Yu after a defeat at the Battle of Fancheng.
Pang uk Pang uk (Chinese: 棚屋, literally meaning stilt house, stilted structure or pile shacks) is a kind of house with special structure found in Tai O, Lantau, Hong Kong. Pang uk are built on water or on small beaches.
Pangaea Pangaea or Pangea (derived from Παγγαία, Greek meaning 'all earth') is the name given to the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into their current configuration.
Pangaea Ultima Pangaea Ultima is a possible future supercontinent configuration, which, consistent with the supercontinent cycle, may occur within the next 250 million years. This potential configuration, hypothesized by Christopher Scotese, earned its name from its similarity to the previous Pangaea supercontinent.
Pangai-noon Pangai-noon (half-hard, half-soft) Kung Fu is a little-known, and most likely extinct, form of Southern Chinese Kung Fu. One teacher of the style was known by the name Shushiwa, or Chou Tsu Ho (1874-1926); he taught in the Fukien province of mainland China in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Pangaion hills The Pangaion Hills (Greek, Ancient/Polytonic: Παγγαῖον, Modern/Monotonic: Παγγαίο), ancient forms: Pangaeon, Pangaeum, Homeric name: Nysa are a mountain range in Greece, approximately 40 km from Kavala. The elevation is 1,956 m and the mountaintop name is Mati meaning eye.
Pangako sa ’Yo Pangako sa ’Yo (English: My Promise to You) or The Promise (international broadcast title) is considered as one of the Philippines' most watched-soap opera in recent television history. Started in 2000, the teleserye (the name given by ABS-CBN for their soap operas) ran for two-and-a-half years.
Pangal The Pangal, also known as the "Meitei Pangal", are a subset of the Meiteis, the major ethnic group in the border state of Manipur, India. Their present population is estimated as 150,000, most of whom are under 20.
Pangala Pangala is a village situated in Udupi taluk of Udupi district, Karnataka. India's National Highway number 17 (NH-17) road connecting Mangalore (Kudla or Mangaluru) to Mumbai (Bombay) passes through this village.
Pangasinan language The Pangasinan language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family. Pangasinan is spoken by more than two million Pangasinan people in the province of Pangasinan, in other Pangasinan communities in the Philippines, and by a significant number of Pangasinan immigrants in the United States.
Pangboche Hand The Pangboche Hand is an artifact stolen from a Buddhist monastery in Pangboche, Nepal. Supporters contend that the hand is from a Yeti, while critics argue it is a fraud, based upon a probable misunderstanding of the history of the sacred relic.
Pangbourne railway station Pangbourne railway station is a railway station in the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire in England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Reading to Didcot and Oxford.
Pangea Recordings Pangea Recordings is an electronic music record label that has featured releases from artists such as Joshua Collins, Chris Lake, Andy Moor, Mick Wilson, and Subsky. They currently have two sublabels, 1 Shot Recordings and Pangea UK.
Pangea Software Pangea Software is an Macintosh game company that is owned and operated by Brian Greenstone. Formed in 1987, the company began by writing a number of shareware games for the Apple IIGS computer, with their first commercial game, Xenocide, being released in 1989.
Pangender Pangender is a term for people who feel that they cannot be labeled as male or female in gender. These people feel that they are; mixed gender, identify equally with "both" genders, are both male and female, feel that they are genderless or feel that they are some other gender all together.
Pangenesis Pangenesis was Charles Darwin's hypothetical mechanism for heredity. He presented this 'provisional hypothesis' in his 1868 work The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication and felt that it brought 'together a multitude of facts which are at present left disconnected by any efficient cause'.
Pangeran Ratu Pangeran Ratu (d. 1651) was the ruler of Banten in Northwest Java, Indonesia, and was the first ruler anywhere on the island of Java to take the title of sultan, which he took in 1638, under the Arabic name Abulmafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir.
Pangkor Treaty of 1874 The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was a treaty signed between the British and the Sultan of Perak. Signed on January 20, 1874 on the island of Pangkor off Perak, the treaty is significant in history of the Malay states as it signalled official British involvement in the policies of the Malays.
Panglima Gagah Berani The Panglima Gagah Berani (sometimes referred to as the Pingat Gagah Berani or Pahlawan Gagah Berani) is a medal given by the government of Malaysia. The name translates to "General of Bravery and Valour".
Panglima LaĂ´t Panglima LaĂ´t (or Panglima Laot; Sea Commander in Acehnese dialect) is a tribal leader in fishing community in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province of Indonesia. He constitutes to organise HukĂ´m Adat LaĂ´t (customary maritime law).
Panglong Agreement The Panglong Agreement was reached between the Burmese government under Aung San and the Shan, Kachin, and Chin peoples on 12 February, 1947. The agreement accepted "Full autonomy in internal administration for the Frontier Areas" in principle and envisioned the creation of a Kachin State by the Constituent Assembly.
Panglong Conference The Panglong Conference (), held in February 1947, was an historic meeting that took place at Panglong in the Shan States in Burma between the Shan, Kachin and Chin ethnic minority leaders and Aung San, head of the interim Burmese government. On the agenda was the united struggle for independence from Britain and the future of Burma after independence as a unified republic.
Pangnirtung, Nunavut Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ) is an Inuit hamlet in the Canadian territory of Nunavut (formerly in the Northwest Territories). It is located at 66°08' North Latitude and 65°45' West Longitude on Baffin Island.
Pangong range The Pangong range is a mountain range in the northern Indian region of Ladakh that runs parallel to the Ladakh range about 100 km northwest from Chushul, along the southern shore of the Pangong Lake. Its highest range is 6,700 m (22,000 ft), and the northern slopes are heavily glaciated.
Pangram A pangram (Greek: pan gramma, "every letter"), or holoalphabetic sentence, is a sentence which uses every letter of the alphabet at least once. Pangrams are used, like lorem ipsum, to display typefaces and test equipment.
Pangrati, Athens Pangrati (Greek: Παγκράτι, Pagkrati) is a suburb of Athens. It is bordered by the Kolonaki (Greek: Κολωνάκι, Kolonaki) suburb to the north, the Kaisariani (Greek: Καισαραινή, Kasariani) suburb to the east, the Vironas (Greek: Βύρωνας, Vironas) suburb to the south and the Mets (Greek: Μετς, Mets) suburb to the west.
Pangsau pass Pangsau Pass, 3727 feet in altitude, lies on the crest of the Patkai Hills on the India-Burma (Myanmar) border. The reputed route of the 13th century invasion of Assam in India by the Ahoms, a Shan tribe, the pass offers one of the easiest routes into Burma from the Assam plains.
Panguitch Lake Panguitch Lake was originally a large natural lake (777 acres) that has now been expanded by the creation of a 24-foot dam to become a reservoir with a maximum surface area of 1,248 acres. The lake is located on the Markagunt Plateau, between Panguitch, Utah and Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Panguna Panguna is a town and a (now decommissioned) copper mine on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. By the end of its operations on May 15, 1989 it was the largest open-cut mine in the world; it was also a major catalyst in the unrest in Bougainville in the 1970s and 1980s.
Pangwa The Pangwa are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Livingstone Mountains on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in the Ludewa District of Iringa Region in southern Tanzania. In 2002 the Pangwa population was estimated to number 95,000 The Pangwa language is a member of the Niger-Congo] family.
Panha Shabaviz 2-75 The Panha Shabaviz 2-75 (Persian: "Owl") is an Iranian utility helicopter built by the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company It is a reverse engineered] and marginally improved version of the [[Bell 205. The first example was built in 1998 and the type was publicly unveiled the following year.
Panhandle A panhandle is an informal geographic term for an elongated tail-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. The term derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan and its use is generally confined to the United States.
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway The Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway is a now-defunct rail company that was a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway for its operations in Texas, until the change in the Texas constitution that allowed railroads operating in Texas to have headquarters outside the state.
Panhandle Bridge The Panhandle Bridge (officially the Monongahela River Bridge) carries two rail line of the PAT "T Line" across the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The name is associated with the original builder of the bridge which was generally called the Panhandle Railroad.
Panhard 178 The Panhard 178 (officially designated as Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935, 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan" was an advanced 4x4 armoured car that was designed for the French Army before World War II. It had a crew of four and was equipped with a 25mm main armament and a 7.
Panhard rod [Panhard rod or track bar is a component of a car] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension system that provides lateral location of the axle. Originally invented by the Panhard automobile company of France in the early twentieth century, this device has been widely used ever since.
Panharmonicon The panharmonicon was a musical instrument invented in the 1800s by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, a contemporary and friend of Beethoven. Beethoven apparently composed his piece "Wellington's Victory" (Op.
Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. In 1981 PASOK formed the first socialist government in Greece since the start of the Cold War, and ruled Greece for most of the 1980s and '90s.
Panhypocrisiade La Panhypocrisiade, ou la comédie infernale du seizième siècle (The Panhypocrisiade, or The Infernal Comedy of the Sixteenth Century) is a poem in sixteen cantos by Louis Jean Népomucène Lemercier, composed essentially under the French Consulate by not published before 1819.
Pancha pathi Pancha pathi (Tamil:The five abodes of God) are the five important pilgrim centers of Ayyavazhi religion. These are also considered as the primary Pathis and as worship centers of Ayyavazhi with primary status.
Panchagangavalli River Panchagangavalli River is a river flowing through Kundapur and Gungulli in western India. The five rivers namely Souparnika River, Varahi River, Kedaka River, Chakra River, and Kubja River will join and merge in to Arabian sea.
Panchacharyas According to popular view, and one backed by historical and literary evidence, the Lingayat or Veerashaiva sect was founded by Basavanna in the 12th century. There is however, a school of thought that holds that the faith was founded by the Panchacharyas or the Five great Prophets.
Panchai baja Panchai baja is a form of wedding; it is a civil or religious ceremony at which the beginning of a marriage is celebrated popular in Nepal and other Hindu cultures. Panchai baja is played exclusively by the Damai and is part of the rituals practiced.
Panchakshari Hiremath Panchakshari Hiremath (born 1933) is a writer and noted poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, translator, orator, and editor who writes in Kannada, Urdu and Hindi. In 2005, he won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation.
Panchanan Chakraborty Panchanan Chakravarti or Chakraborty ( (1900-1995) was a Bengali Indian revolutionary, one of the creators of the Revolt group after the momentary unification of the Anushilan Samiti and the Jugantar in the 1920s. Friend of the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, he was a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Panchari melam Panchari melam is a classic performance (melam) of different musical instruments that are unique to temples of Kerala state in south India. The most traditional of all melam's is 'Pandi Melam' which is generally performed outside the temples.
Panchatantra The Panchatantra Panachatantra translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W Ryder, Jaico Publishing House, Bombay, 1949 (from Ryder's esteemed original 1924 translation of an 1199 AD Sanskrit text) (also spelled Pañcatantra, Sanskrit पञ्चतन्त्र "Five Chapters") or Kelileh va Dimneh or Anvar-i-Suhayli The Anvari Suhali; or the Lights of Canopus Being the Persian version of the Fables of Pilpay; or the Book Kalílah and Damnah rendered into Persian by Husain Vá'iz U'L-Káshifí translated by Edward B Eastwick, Stephen Austin, Bookseller to the East-India College, Hertford 1854The Anwar-I-Suhaili Or Lights of Canopus Commonly Known As Kalilah And Damnah Being An Adaptation By Mulla Husain Bin Ali Waiz-Al-Kashifi of The Fables of Bidapai translated by Arthur N. Wollaston,W H Allen, London 1877 or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian)The Lights of Canopus described by J V S Wilkinson, The Studio Limited, London 1930 or Kalilag and Damnag (in Syriac)Kalilah and Dimnah or The Fables of Bidpai by Ion K
Panchavadyam Panchavadyam is a classic performance of different musical instruments that are unique to Kerala state of south India, where five instruments are involved in a breathtaking-fastmoving percussion performance (Pancha in Sanskrit means five). The five instruments are Timila, Shudha Madhalam, Kombu, Edakka & Elathalam, Timila, Shudha Madhalam and Edakka are different types of drums.
Panchavimsha Brahmana The Tandhya-maha- (or Praudha-) brahmana, or "great" Brahmana — usually called Panchavimsha-brahmana from its consisting of twenty-five adhyayas is a Brahmana of the Samaveda, treating of the duties of the udgatars generally, and especially of the various kinds of chants.
Panchayat The Panchayat (पंचायत in Devanagiri) is an Indian political system which groups five ("panch") villages in a quincunx (four peripheral villages around a central one). Each has appointed tasks and responsibilities, such as cart-making or basket-weaving.
Panchen Lama The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: 班禪喇嘛) is the second highest ranking lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism (the sect which controlled Tibet from the 16th century until the Communist takeover). The successive Panchen lamas form a tulku reincarnation lineage which are said to be the incarnations of Amitabha Buddha.
Panchgani Panchgani, often referred to as the Mecca of Maharashtra, is a small hill-station in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located amidst five small hills, from which it derives its name (panch in marathi means five).
Panchi Panchi (Urdu: پنچھی) is an album by Mizraab, considered by many to be one of the greatest Urdu albums of all time is a touching and dark portrait of the shattered dreams and betrayal of the urban youth of Pakistan.
Panchkula (West Bengal) The village of Panchkula is in the district Bardhaman or Burdwan, West Bengal. The village consists of a small primary School named "Panchkula Prathamik Vidhaylay", a small Health center, a Post office and two very famous temples named Chandrai Dharmaraj Temple and the Hara-gouri Temple.
Panchmahal district Panchmahal, also Panch Mahal, is a district in the western India, in the eastern portion of Gujarat state. Panch mahal means "five districts", and refers to the five districts that were transferred by the Sindhia Maharaja of Gwalior to the British.
Panchmai pir Panchmai Pir is a Dargah of pir (Muslim Sufi) in the Rann of Kutch area of Gujrat, India. It is famous as everybody who wants to start a journey to cross the great desert, first stops here and feeds the jackals.
Pancho & Lefty Pancho & Lefty is a honky tonk album by outlaw country musicians Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). A blockbuster album, Pancho & Lefty dominated country music for the year and helped establish both artists as two of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed of the genre.
Pancho and Lefty "Pancho and Lefty" is a folk song written by Townes Van Zandt which was notably covered by such artists as Emmylou Harris and Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson (as a duet). The song tells the story of a Mexican bandit named Pancho and a more enigmatic character Lefty.
Pancho Barnes Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 14, 1901 – March 30, 1975), was a pioneer of women's aviation and the owner of the celebrated Happy Bottom Riding Club located on land annexed into Edwards Air Force Base in southern California's Antelope Valley in the southwestern United States.

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