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Pandava
Pandavas (पाण्डव), the five Mahabharata brothers of Pandu, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva, born to Kunti and Madri via gods, Karna the hidden sixth, war with Kauravas, Kurukshetra victory.
Pandavani
Pandavani (पंडवानी) is a solo narrative singing tradition of Chhattisgarh, India, in which one performer sings and acts out Mahabharata episodes, most famously its leading exponent Teejan Bai.
PandaX
PandaX (Particle AND Astrophysical Xenon Detector) is a series of liquid-xenon experiments searching for dark matter 2,400 meters underground at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in Sichuan, China.
Pandeli Evangjeli
Pandeli Evangjeli (1859–1949) was an Albanian politician who served as prime minister in 1921 and from 1930 to 1935, the first Orthodox Christian to head the Albanian state.
Pandemic
Pandemic: worldwide spread of a new disease (WHO definition), from an epidemic crossing international boundaries. Key examples: 1918 influenza (~50 million deaths), 2009 H1N1, COVID-19 (declared 11 March 2020). Governed by PHEIC, Pandemic Emergency, and the 2025 WHO Pandemic Agreement.
Pandemic (board game)
Pandemie (Pandemic) is Matt Leacock's 2008 cooperative board game for 2-4 players who cure four diseases on a world map before outbreaks cascade; Spiel des Jahres 2009 nominee, basis of the Pandemic Legacy series.
Pandemic (film)
Pandemic (2016) is an American first-person POV zombie action-horror film directed by John Suits, written by Dustin T. Benson, starring Rachel Nichols and Alfie Allen, released by XLrator Media on April 1, 2016, scoring 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Pandemic (South Park)
"Pandemic" is South Park Season 12 Episode 10 (177th overall), aired October 22, 2008, written by Trey Parker. The boys form a Peruvian pan flute band with Craig's $100; Homeland Security rounds up the bands, giant guinea pigs attack, and the story continues in "Pandemic 2: The Startling". Distinct from the 2020 COVID-19 "Pandemic Special".
Pandemic H1N1/09 virus
Pandemic H1N1/09 virus, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 or 2009 swine flu, is a quadruple reassortant influenza virus first detected in the US in April 2009; it caused the 2009 pandemic and now circulates seasonally.
Pandemic live attenuated vaccine
Pandemic live attenuated vaccine is Pandemic influenza vaccine H5N1 AstraZeneca, the only WHO-prequalified live attenuated intranasal H5N1 pandemic vaccine, for children 12 months to under 18 years, two doses, prequalified 18 December 2020.
Pandemic Preparedness
Pandemic preparedness: strengthening national, regional, and global systems to respond to pandemics. Covers the WHO 5 Cs, IHR Pandemic Emergency (2024), WHO Pandemic Agreement (2025), and preparedness measurement tools like SPAR, JEE, and the Global Health Security Index.
Pandemic Studios
Pandemic Studios (1998–2009) was a Los Angeles and Brisbane video game developer behind Star Wars: Battlefront I and II, Mercenaries, Destroy All Humans!, Full Spectrum Warrior, and The Saboteur; acquired by EA in 2007 and closed in 2009.
Pandemonium (painting)
Pandemonium (Le Pandemonium) is an 1841 oil on canvas by John Martin showing Satan conjuring Hell's palace from Milton's Paradise Lost, Book I. Held at the Louvre (RF 2006 21), it follows Martin's 1824 and 1831 engravings and has a Martin-designed serpent-and-dragon frame.
Pandera
Pandera is an open-source Python dataframe validation library by Niels Bantilan (2018), maintained by Union.ai under MIT license. It validates pandas, Polars, PySpark, Ibis, and PyArrow data against declared schemas with checks and hypothesis tests.
Pandereta Gas Field
Pandereta Gas Field is an onshore natural gas field in the Lower Magdalena Valley Basin of northwestern Colombia, discovered in 2017 and operated by Canacol Energy.
Pandharpur (पंढरपूर)
Pandharpur (पंढरपूर), also called Pandharapuram, is a town in Solapur district, Maharashtra, on the Bhima river, whose Vitthal-Rukmini temple draws millions of Warkari pilgrims, especially during the Ashadhi Wari.
Pandian (பாண்டியன்)
Pandian (பாண்டியன்) is a 1992 Indian Tamil film starring Rajinikanth as an undercover police officer avenging his brother-in-law's murder, released on Diwali day and directed by S. P. Muthuraman.
Pandian Stores (பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ்)
Pandian Stores (பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ்), also Pandian Stores 2, is a Tamil family drama serial on Star Vijay about four brothers running a grocery store; it ran 2018–2023, spawned remakes in six languages, and streams on JioHotstar.
Pandiarajan (பாண்டியராஜன்)
Pandiarajan (பாண்டியராஜன், R. Pandiyarajan), born 1959 in Chennai, is a Tamil film actor and director, a Bhagyaraj assistant whose Aan Paavam (1985) was 1985's fourth highest-grossing Tamil film; not the Dowry Kalyanam figure.
Pandion Energy
Pandion Energy is a Norwegian independent oil and gas company established in November 2016 through a management buyout of Tullow Oil Norge, backed by Kerogen Capital and headquartered in Oslo.
Pandiraj
Pandiraj (பாண்டிராஜ்), born 1976 in Pudukkottai district, is a Tamil film director, producer, and screenwriter whose debut Pasanga (2009) won three National Film Awards; later films include Kadaikutty Singam, Namma Veettu Pillai, Thalaivan Thalaivii, and Parimala and Co.
Pandit
A Pandit is a scholar recognized for mastery of Sanskrit learning and the classical disciplines, a title marking knowledge rather than a priestly office, gained through long study.
Pandit Ram Narayan
Pandit Ram Narayan (1927–2024) was an Indian Hindustani musician who won the sarangi solo concert standing, played on film scores including Mughal-e-Azam and Pakeezah, and received the Padma Vibhushan.
Pandit Seu
Pandit Seu (पंडित सेउ, c. 1680–1740) was a Guler painter, head of a leading Pahari painting family, father and teacher of the masters Manaku and Nainsukh.
Pandita Ramabai
Pandita Ramabai, also known as Pandita Ramabai Saraswati, was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and social reformer who gave refuge to high-caste Hindu widows and founded the Mukti Mission.
Panditaradhya Charitra
Panditaradhya Charitra is a Telugu hagiographic poem in dvipada meter composed by Palkuriki Somanatha, telling the life of the Vīraśaiva saint Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya of Srisailam.
Pandiya Naadu (பாண்டிய நாடு)
Pandiya Naadu (பாண்டிய நாடு), also Pandianadu, is a 2013 Tamil action film directed by Suseenthiran and produced by Vishal, his first production. Released 2 November 2013, it stars Vishal, Lakshmi Menon, and Bharathiraja, grossed ₹50 crore, and was remade in Kannada as Rudra Tandava.
Pando (tree)
Pando (Latin "I spread"), the trembling giant, is a single male quaking aspen clone in Fishlake National Forest, Utah: about 47,000 genetically identical stems across 106 acres, roughly 13 million pounds, and estimated 12,000–80,000 years old.
Pandora – The World of Avatar
Pandora – The World of Avatar is a 12-acre themed land at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, opened May 27, 2017, replacing Camp Minnie-Mickey, featuring Avatar Flight of Passage and Na'vi River Journey among floating mountains and bioluminescent forest theming.
Pandora (asteroid)
Pandora (S/1980 S26), Saturn XVII, a ~40.7 km radius icy moon discovered by Voyager 1 in October 1980; outer shepherd of the F ring, in a chaotic resonant orbit with Prometheus.