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Pancharatra
Pancharatra (पञ्चरात्रम्, "Five Nights") is a three-act Sanskrit drama attributed to the ancient playwright Bhāsa, based on the Pandavas' year in disguise in the Mahābhārata's Virāta Parva.
Panchasakha
Panchasakha (Odia: ପଞ୍ଚସଖା, "five friends") is the group of five Odia saint-poets of the 15th and 16th centuries, contemporaries of Chaitanya, who first translated Hindu Sanskrit texts into Odia.
Panchatantra (पञ्चतन्त्र)
The Panchatantra, also known as Kalila wa Dimna, is an ancient Sanskrit collection of animal fables and moral tales compiled between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD.
Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios
Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios are Chennai recording studios founded by composer A.R. Rahman in Kodambakkam, base for his film scores since the early 1990s.
Panchathanthiram
Panchathanthiram (பஞ்சதந்திரம்), also spelled Panchatanthiram, is a 2002 Tamil comedy directed by K. S. Ravikumar, written by Kamal Haasan and Crazy Mohan, about a pilot whose friends' hired call girl turns up believed dead.
Panchayat (पंचायत) (TV series)
Panchayat (पंचायत) is a TVF-produced Hindi comedy-drama on Amazon Prime Video, premiering April 3, 2020, about engineer Abhishek Tripathi as panchayat secretary in fictional Phulera, Uttar Pradesh; four eight-episode seasons, IMDb 9.0, season 5 due 2026.
Panchayat samiti (पंचायत समिति)
Panchayat Samiti (पंचायत समिति), or block panchayat, is India's intermediate rural local government tier at the community development block level, between Gram Panchayat and Zila Parishad, created by the 1957 Balwantrai Mehta Committee and constitutionalized by the 73rd Amendment.
Panchayati raj (पंचायती राज)
Panchayati raj (पंचायती राज), India's rural local self-government system of Gram Panchayats, block, and district Panchayats, given constitutional status by the 73rd Amendment (1993), with one-third seats reserved for women and devolution measured by the Panchayat Devolution Index.
Panchayati raj in India
Panchayati raj is India's constitutionally mandated rural local self-government system, created by the 73rd Amendment (1992, in force 1993): three elected tiers, women's seat reservations, 29 devolved subjects, and about 24 lakh representatives.
Panchen Lama (པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ)
The Panchen Lama, also known as Panchen Erdeni, is a reincarnate lama of Tibetan Buddhism's Gelug school, ranking second to the Dalai Lama and based at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Panchgani (पंचगणी)
Panchgani (पंचगणी), a hill station and municipal council in Satara district, Maharashtra, named for its five laterite mesas; known for Table Land plateau, boarding schools, strawberry farming, and eco-sensitive zone protections.
Panchi
Panchi (Kannada pañci) is a traditional Indian race game from Mysore, played with five pieces and seven cowrie dice on a linear-and-square track; distinct from Pachisi, recorded in an 1843 manuscript.
Panchkula (पंचकुला)
Panchkula (पंचकुला) is a planned city in Haryana, India, and a satellite of Chandigarh in the tri-city area; its name comes from five irrigation canals fed by the Ghaggar river.
Pancho and Lefty
Pancho and Lefty: Townes Van Zandt's 1972 outlaw ballad, covered by Emmylou Harris (1977) and made a Billboard country No. 1 by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard in 1983.
Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Gonzales (Richard Alonzo Gonzales, 1928-1995), American tennis champion; won US Nationals 1948-49, world No. 1 pro for eight years 1952-1960, famous 1969 Wimbledon Pasarell match.
Pancho Segura
Pancho Segura (Francisco Olegario Segura Cano), Ecuadorian-American tennis champion (1921-2017), two-handed forehand, three straight U.S. Pro titles 1950-52, coach of Jimmy Connors.
Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa, born José Doroteo Arango Arambula (1878–1923), was a Mexican revolutionary general who commanded the División del Norte, governed Chihuahua, and raided Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916.
Pancho Villa Expedition
The Pancho Villa Expedition (Mexican or Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917) was Pershing's U.S. Army invasion of northern Mexico after Villa's Columbus, New Mexico raid; Villa was never captured.
Panchthupi Mound
Panchthupi Mound, or Barkona Deul Mound (পাঁচথুপি), is a protected archaeological mound at Panchthupi village, Murshidabad, West Bengal. Named for five legendary stupas, its roughly 20 m mound holds Pala-period Buddhist ruins, notified in 1933.
Panchvati
Panchvati (पंचवटी) is a 1925 Hindi khanda kavya by Maithili Sharan Gupt, one of his best-known works, retelling the Ramayana's Shurpanaka episode in polished Khari Boli verse.
Pancit
Pancit is the Filipino term for noodle dishes, introduced by Chinese traders in pre-Hispanic times and traditionally served at birthdays as a wish for long life.
Panco Strategic Real Estate
Panco Strategic Real Estate is a series of Delaware private equity real estate funds managed by Pantzer Properties, a New York family-led multifamily owner-operator founded in 1971.
Pancoast tumor
Pancoast tumor (superior sulcus tumor, pulmonary sulcus tumor): lung cancer at the lung apex invading chest wall, brachial plexus, and stellate ganglion, causing Pancoast-Tobias syndrome; treated with chemoradiotherapy plus surgery.
Pancrase
Pancrase (パンクラス), Japanese MMA promotion founded May 1993 by Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki, named after Greek pankration; debuted September 21, 1993 before UFC 1 with hybrid wrestling rules.
Pancreas
Pancreas: vertebrate gland behind the stomach with exocrine digestive enzymes (lipase, protease, amylase, about 8 oz juice daily) and endocrine islets producing insulin and glucagon; diseases include diabetes, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer.
Pancreas development
Pancreas development is the embryonic process by which the pancreas forms from dorsal and ventral foregut buds that fuse into one organ during gestational weeks 6 to 7.
Pancreas divisum
Pancreas divisum, the most common congenital pancreatic duct anomaly (5-10% prevalence), arises from failed fusion of ventral and dorsal ducts; over 95% are asymptomatic, and endoscopic or surgical minor papilla drainage treats the minority with pancreatitis.
Pancreas transplantation
Pancreas transplantation is the surgical implantation of a donor pancreas to restore insulin production in people with diabetes, first performed in 1966 at the University of Minnesota.
Pancreatectomy
A pancreatectomy is an operation that removes all or part of the pancreas, chiefly for tumors; forms include the Whipple procedure, distal pancreatectomy, and total pancreatectomy.
Pancreatic A cell
Pancreatic A cell, also called pancreatic alpha cell (CL:0000171), is a peripheral islet of Langerhans endocrine cell secreting glucagon, a 29-amino acid hormone opposing insulin; electrically excitable, amino-acid sensing, and dysregulated in diabetes.