Pāṇḍyas—the South Indian dynasty that ruled over Madurai and Rāmeśvaram in South India.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-P-›Pandyas-the South Indian Pandyas-the South Indian dynasty that ruled over Madurai and Ramesvaram in South India. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/p/pandyas-the-south-indian-dynasty-that-ruled-over-madurai-and Previous: Pandu-a great king of the Kuru dynasty, and the father of the Pandavas, Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva; the heroes of the Mahabharata. He had two wives, Kunti and Madri. He was a younger brother of Dhrtarastra's who died early, leaving his five young sons under the care of Dhrtarastra. Next: Panentheism-The belief that all things are imbued with God's presence, because all things are in God (Gr. pan, all; en, in, and thes, God). See Atheism, Theism; The belief that God is identical to the universe.