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Pingakhanda
Pingakhanda, an Ayurvedic formulation listed for Vistambha (constipation group); closely related Puga Khanda (Pūgakhaṇḍa) is a 26-ingredient avaleha from Bhaishajya Ratnavali, dosage 6-12 g, studied clinically in 52 patients.
Pingala
Pingala was an ancient Indian prosodist, dated between c. 750 BC and the 2nd century BCE, whose Chandahśāstra is the oldest surviving Sanskrit treatise on poetic meters.
Pingali Surana
Pingali Surana (పింగళి సూరన) was a sixteenth-century Telugu poet who wrote under the Vijayanagara Empire, best known for the double-meaning epic Raghavapandaviyamu and the narrative Kalapurnodayamu.
Pingali Venkayya (పింగళి వెంకయ్య)
Pingali Venkayya (పింగళి వెంకయ్య), 1876–1963, Indian freedom fighter from Bhatlapenumarru, Andhra Pradesh, designer of the 1921 precursor to India's tricolour, presented to Gandhi at Bezwada; commemorated with 2009 and 2022 stamps.
Pingback
Pingback is a method for web publishing software to notify a site automatically when another site links to it, defined by Stuart Langridge and Ian Hickson in 2002.
Pingdingshan
Pingdingshan (平顶山市), the Eagle City, is a prefecture-level coal-mining city in mid-southern Henan, established 1957, with 4.84 million residents, 10.3 billion tons of coal reserves, and a nylon new-materials industry.
Pingdingshan Luyang power station
Pingdingshan Luyang power station, also known as Pingdingshan Second Power Plant, is a two-unit ultra-supercritical coal-fired power station in Lushan County, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, commissioned in 2010.
Pingdu
Pingdu (平度) is a county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, on the Jiaodong Peninsula. Converted from Pingdu County in 1989, it is Shandong's largest county-level city by area (3,166.54 km²) and a leading grain producer.
Pingfu Tie
Pingfu Tie (平复帖) is a letter attributed to the Western Jin writer Lu Ji (261–303), the oldest extant authentic Chinese model calligraphy by a named master.
Pinghu LNG Terminal
Pinghu LNG Terminal, also known as the Jiaxing LNG Terminal, is a 1-million-tonne-per-year LNG import terminal at Dushan Port in Pinghu, Zhejiang, China, in operation since 2022.
Piṅgiyānī
Piṅgiyānī (पिङ्गियानि) is a brahmin lay follower of the Buddha who praises him before five hundred Licchavis at Vesālī; he may be the aged Piṅgiya of the Sutta Nipāta.
Pingjiang power station
Pingjiang power station (华电平江发电厂) is a 2,000 MW coal-fired power station in Pingjiang County, Yueyang, Hunan, China, with two ultra-supercritical units commissioned in 2022 and 2023.
Pingjin Campaign
The Pingjin Campaign (平津战役) was a decisive campaign of the Chinese Civil War, fought from November 1948 to January 1949, in which the PLA destroyed or reorganized Fu Zuoyi's forces.
Pingliang
Pingliang (平凉市), prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu at the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia junction; 11,000 km², 1.85 million residents (2020), coal-energy base, apple and red-cattle farming, Kongtong Mountain 5A site.
Pingliang Alliance Ambush
The Pingliang Alliance Ambush (平凉劫盟) was a 787 Tibetan surprise attack on the Tang peace-conference delegation at Pingliang; commander Hun Jian escaped on a single horse.
Pingliang power station
Pingliang power station (华能平凉电厂) is a coal-fired power plant in Kongtong District, Pingliang, Gansu, China, operated by Huaneng. Its six units total 2,505 MW and it supplies district heating to central Pingliang.
Pingliangtai
Pingliangtai is a late Neolithic walled Longshan culture settlement in Huaiyang, Henan, China, occupied about 4,200 to 3,800 years ago and known for early urban planning.
Pinglu Circuit
Pinglu Circuit (平盧軍) was a Tang dynasty military governorship headquartered at Yingzhou on the northeast frontier, managing defense and diplomacy toward Manchuria and the Andong Protectorate.
Pinglu Military Command
Pinglu Military Command (平盧節度使) was a military commissionership of the Tang dynasty, later borne by the great semi-autonomous Pinglu–Ziqing command of Shandong, ruled hereditarily by the Li family.
Pingluo power station
Pingluo power station (平罗电厂), also known as Datang Pingluo power station, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Pingluo, Ningxia, China, commissioned in 2020.
Pingré (lunar crater)
Pingré is an 88.43-km IAU-named lunar impact crater in the southern highlands at about -58.6°, -74.0°, named for French astronomer Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711-1796), with nineteen lettered satellite craters.
Pingry School
The Pingry School is an independent coeducational K-12 day school in New Jersey, founded in 1861 in Elizabeth by Dr. John Francis Pingry, known for its student Honor Code (1926), Short Hills, Basking Ridge, and Pottersville campuses, and top Niche state rankings.
Pingshuo East Coal Mine
Pingshuo East Coal Mine, the East Open Pit Mine of China Coal Pingshuo Group, is a large open-pit coal mine in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, China.
Pingtung County (屏东县)
Pingtung County (屏東縣) is Taiwan's southernmost county, seat Pingtung City, population 798,367 (2023). Tropical monsoon climate, Kenting National Park, Hakka and Indigenous communities, agriculture, groundwater subsidence, and rapid aging distinguish it.
Pingu
Pingu (ピングー) is a Swiss-British stop-motion claymation preschool series created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann, first aired 7 March 1990, about a penguin family speaking invented Penguinese, later owned by HiT and Mattel with an Aardman reboot announced in 2024.
Pingualuit crater
Pingualuit crater, also known as Chubb Crater, is a meteorite impact crater in Ungava, northern Quebec, formed about 1.4 million years ago and filled by exceptionally pure Pingualuk Lake.
Pinguecula
Pinguecula: a common benign yellow-white raised growth on the conjunctiva near the limbus, caused by UV, wind, and dust; unlike pterygium it never invades the cornea and is usually asymptomatic.
Pinguicula
Pinguicula, butterworts, a genus of about 130 carnivorous herbs in Lentibulariaceae with sticky flypaper leaves; Northern Hemisphere distribution, centers in Mexico/Caribbean and Europe, first carnivorous genus with CAM photosynthesis.
Pinguicula cultivars and hybrids
Pinguicula cultivars and hybrids are named, vegetatively propagated butterwort selections, valued for vigor; the ICPS registered 31 cultivar names before October 2020, including 'Sethos' and 'Weser'.
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari is an Italian indie pop band formed in 2010 in the province of Bergamo, fronted by Riccardo Zanotti, who writes the songs.