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Pandyan civil war of Sundara Pandya and Vira Pandya

The Pandyan civil war of Sundara Pandya and Vira Pandya (பாண்டிய உள்நாட்டுப் போர்) was a succession war between the sons of Maravarman Kulasekhara Pandya that began in 1310 near Madurai.

Pandyan conquest of Sri Lanka

The Pandyan conquest of Sri Lanka (இலங்கை மீது பாண்டியப் படையெடுப்பு) was a series of thirteenth-century Pandya invasions of Sri Lanka directed against the invader Chandrabhanu.

Pandyan invasion of Sri Lanka

The Pandyan invasion of Sri Lanka was a series of thirteenth-century Pandya expeditions against Chandrabhanu and the Sinhala rulers, ending with tribute and Pandyan control of the north.

Pandyas of Ucchangi

The Pandyas of Ucchangi (उच्चंगि पांड्य) were Pandya-named chieftains at a hill fort south of the Tungabhadra, ruling Nolambavadi as feudatories of the Western Chalukyas.

Paneb

Paneb was chief workman of the right-hand side of the crew at Deir el-Medina, the village of royal tomb-builders in Thebes, flourishing around 1204–1193 BC.

Paneer

Paneer, also panir, is a fresh, unripened South Asian soft cheese made by heat and acid coagulation of cow or buffalo milk, typically 22–25% fat, 16–18% protein, unsalted, central to Indian cuisine.

Panegyric

A panegyric is a formal public speech, or written work modeled on one, in high praise of a person or thing; its most famous examples praise Roman emperors.

Panegyric literature

Panegyric literature is the body of formal speeches, poems, and orations of praise glorifying a ruler, city, deity, or saint, from ancient Greek ceremonies onward.

Panegyrici Latini

The Panegyrici Latini, also known as XII Panegyrici Latini, is a collection of twelve Latin prose panegyrics delivered to Roman emperors between 100 and 389 CE, opening with Pliny the Younger's speech to Trajan.

Panegyricus

The Panegyricus (Greek: Πανηγυρικός) is a political speech by the Athenian orator Isocrates, published around 380 BCE, urging the Greek cities to end their wars and unite against Persia.

Panehesy (Viceroy of Kush)

Panehesy (also written Panehsy) was Viceroy of Kush, governing Egyptian Nubia under Ramesses XI, and is known for suppressing the High Priest of Amun Amenhotep in Thebes.

Panehesy (vizier)

Panehesy, whose name means "the Nubian," was Vizier of Upper Egypt under Pharaoh Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty, attested from around 1212 BC and known from monuments at Gebel el-Silsila.

Panehsy (TT16)

TT16 is the Theban tomb of Panehsy, a priest of the deified king Amenhotep I, built at Dra Abu el-Naga under Ramesses II for Panehsy and his wife Tarenu.

Panel cointegration

Panel cointegration methods test whether variables observed for many units over many time periods share long-run equilibrium relationships, and estimate the coefficients of those relationships.

Panel data

Panel data consist of repeated observations over time on the same set of cross-sectional units, such as individuals, firms, or countries, allowing control for unobserved unit heterogeneity.

Panel method

The panel method is a numerical technique of computational aerodynamics that solves for inviscid flow around a body by covering its surface with panels of sources, doublets, or vortices.

Panel quantile regression

Panel quantile regression estimates conditional quantile effects in longitudinal data while accounting for individual-specific heterogeneity, using penalized fixed effects, two-step, minimum distance, and QRPD estimators.

Panel sequencing

Panel sequencing is a targeted next-generation sequencing approach that sequences tens to hundreds of predefined cancer genes, most often in clinical oncology to detect actionable mutations in tumor samples.

Panel Study of Income Dynamics

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), run by the University of Michigan since 1968, is the longest running longitudinal household survey, tracking US families and their descendants.

Panel survey

A panel survey is a longitudinal survey design in which the same individuals or households are interviewed on several occasions, so change is measured within each unit rather than inferred from new samples.

Panel threshold model

The panel threshold model is a panel data regression method in which coefficients switch between regimes when a threshold variable crosses an unknown cutoff, introduced by Bruce Hansen in 1999.

Panel truck

A panel truck is a small light-duty commercial vehicle with a fully enclosed, windowless body for delivering goods, common from 1928 until replaced by cargo vans.

Panel van

A panel van, also known as a blind van, is a light commercial vehicle for carrying goods, with solid panels where passenger vehicles have side and rear windows.

Panela

Panela, also known as piloncillo or papelón, is an unrefined non-centrifugal cane sugar made by boiling sugarcane juice and molding it into blocks, common across Latin America.

Panelling

Panelling (paneling in US spelling), also called boiserie or wainscoting, is a wall covering traditionally of interlocking wood, begun in antiquity to insulate stone rooms.

Panembahan Senapati

Panembahan Senapati, also known as Danang Sutawijaya, was the founder and first king of the Mataram Islam kingdom in inland Java, ruling from Kotagede until his death in 1601.

Panenka (penalty kick)

Panenka penalty: a soft chip down the middle of the goal, named after Antonín Panenka's decisive 1976 Euro final kick for Czechoslovakia against West Germany in Belgrade.

Panentheism

Panentheism (from Greek pan, en, theos, "all in God"; German Panentheismus) is the view that the world is in God and God in the world, yet God exceeds the world. Coined by Karl Krause; distinct from classical theism and pantheism; central to process philosophy.

Panenza

Panenza: Sanofi Pasteur's non-adjuvanted, inactivated split-virion pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 vaccine, 15 mcg HA per 0.5 ml dose, thiomersal-preserved multidose vial, WHO prequalified 22 January 2010, now no routine production.

Panera Bread

Panera Bread, also called St. Louis Bread Company, is an American fast casual bakery-cafe chain whose first cafe opened in 1987, now spanning more than 2,200 locations.