पितृpitṛthe whole body of ancestors taken collectively.
Derived forms and compounds
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-गणः
- the whole body of ancestors taken collectively.
- a class of Manes or deceased progenitors who were sons of the Prajāpati; मनोर्हैरण्यगर्भस्य ये मरीच्यादयः सुताः । तेषा- मृषीणां सर्वेषां पुत्राः पितृगणाः स्मृताः ॥ विराट्सुताः सोमसदः साध्यानां पितरः स्मृताः । अग्निष्वात्ताश्च देवानां मारीचा लोकविश्रुताः ॥ Ms.3. 194-195.
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-गणा Name of of Durgā.
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-गामिन् Adjective devolving on, or belonging to a father.
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-गृहम्
- a paternal mansion.
- a cemetery, burial-ground.
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-घातकः, -घातिन्, -घ्नः Masculine a parricide.
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-तर्पणम्
- an oblation to the Manes.
- the act of throwing water out of the right hand (as at the time of ablutions) as an offering to the Manes or deceased ancestors; नित्यं स्नात्वा शुचिः कुर्याद् देवर्षिपितृतर्पणम् Ms.2.176.
- sesamum.
- gifts given at Srāddhas or funeral rites.
- the part of the hand between the thumb and the fore-finger (sacred to the Manes).
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-तिथिः Feminine the day of new-moon (अमावास्या).
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पितृ pitṛ, Masculine
- पाति रक्षति, पा-तृच् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied A father; तेनास लोकः पितृमान् विनेत्रा R.14.23;1.24;11.67. -रौ (dual) Parents, father and mother; जगतः पितरौ वन्दे पार्वतीपरमे- श्वरौ R.1.1; Y.2.117. -रः (Plural)
- Fore-fathers, ancestors, fathers; नूनं प्रसूतिविकलेन मया प्रसिक्तं धौताश्रुशेष- मुदकं पितरः पिबन्ति Ś.6.24.
- Paternal ancestors taken collectively; अध्यापयामास पितॄन् शिशुराङ्गिरसः कविः Ms.2.151.
- The Manes; R.2.16;3.2; पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि Bg. 1.29; Ms.3.81,192.
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-अर्जित Adjective acquired by a father, paternal (as property).
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-कर्मन्
- Neuter, -कार्यम्, -कृत्यम्, -क्रिया oblations or sacrifice offerd to deceased ancestors, obsequial rites; स्वधाकारः परा ह्याशीः सर्वेषु पितृकर्मसु Ms.3.252. कल्पः performance of the Śrāddha ceremony in honour of the Manes.
- Brahma's day of new moon.
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-काननम् a cemetery; अभ्यभावि भरताग्रजस्तया वात्य- येव पितृकाननोत्थया R.11.16.
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-कुल्या Name of a river rising in the Malaya mountain.
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-क्षयः the death anniversary; आनन्त्याय भवेद् दत्तं खड्गमांसं पितृक्षये Mb.13.88.1.
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-तीर्थम्
- Name of the place called Gayā where the performance of funeral rites, such as Srāddhas in honour of the Manes, is held to be particularly meritorious.
- the part of the hand between the fore-finger and the thumb (considered to be sacred to the Manes).
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-त्रयम् father, grand-father and great grand-father.
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-दत्त Adjective given by a father (as a woman's peculiar property).
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-दानम् an offering to the Manes.
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-दायः patrimony.
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-दिनम् the day of new-moon (अमावास्या).
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-देव
- Adjective
- worshipping a father.
- relating to the worship of the Manes. (-वाः) the divine Manes.
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-दे
- (दै)वत Adjective
- a paternal grand-mother.
- evening twilight; तारावलीराजतबिन्दुराजत् पितृप्रसूभासुरपत्रपाश्यः, वियद्द्विपस्तिष्ठति Rām. Ch.6.38.
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-प्राप्त
- Adjective
- presided over by the Manes.
- relating to the worship of the Manes. (-तम्) Name of the tenth lunar mansion (मघा).
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-दे (दै)वत्य Adjective belonging to the worship of the Manes. (-त्यम्) a sacrifice offered to the Manes on the day called अष्टका; अष्टकापितृदेवत्यमित्ययं प्रसृतो जनः Rām.2.18.14.
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-द्रव्यम् patrimony; पितृद्रव्याविरोधेन यदन्यत् स्वयमर्जितम् Y.2.118.
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-पक्षः
- the paternal side, paternal relationship.
- a relative by the father's side.
- 'the fortnight of the Manes'; Name of the dark half of Bhādrapada which is particularly appointed for the celebration of obsequial rites to the Manes.
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-पतिः an epithet of Yama.
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-पदम् the world of the Manes.
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-पितृ Masculine a paternal grandfather.
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-पुत्रौ (पिता-पुत्रौ dual) father and son. (पितुः पुत्रः means 'the son of a well-known and renowned father').
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-पूजनम् worship of the manes; पतिव्रता धर्म- पत्नी पितृपूजनतत्परा Ms.3.262.
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-पैतामह Adjective (-ही Feminine) inherited from ancestors, ancestral, hereditary. (-हाः Plural) ancestors.
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-प्रसूः Feminine
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-मन्दिरम्
- a paternal mansion.
- a cemetery.
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-मेधः
- a sacrifice offered to the Manes, obsequial offerings; गुरोः प्रेतस्य शिष्यस्तु पितृमेधं समाचरन् Ms.5.65; Mb.16.7.23.
- inherited from a father.
- inherited patrimonially.
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-बन्धुः a kinsman by the father's side; they are: पितुः पितुःस्वसुः पुत्राः पितुर्मातुःस्वसुः सुताः । पितुर्मातुलपुत्राश्च विज्ञेयाः पितृबन्धवः ॥ (न्धुम् Neuter) relationship by the father's side.
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-भम् The Maghā star; Śabda Ch.
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-भक्त Adjective dutifully attached to a father. भक्तिः Feminine filial duty.
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-भोजनम् food offered to the Manes.
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-भ्रातृ Masculine a father's brother, paternal uncle.
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-यज्ञः
- obsequial offerings.
- offering libations of water every day to the deceased ancestors, it is one of the five daily Yajñas enjoined to be performed by a Brāhmaṇa; पितृयज्ञस्तु तर्पणम् Ms.3.1; also 122,283.
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-यानम् the way of the Manes (to their world).
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-राज् Masculine, -राजः, -राजन् Masculine an epithet of Yama.
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-रूपः an epithet of Siva.
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-लोकः the world of the Manes.
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-वंशः the paternal family.
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-वनम्
- a cemetery; वसन् पितृवने रौद्रे शौचे वर्तितुमिच्छसि Mb.12.111.9.
- death, the abode of death; सर्वे पितृवनं प्राप्य स्वपन्ति विगतज्वराः Mb.11.3.5. (पितृवनेचरः
- a demon, goblin.
- an epithet of Śiva).
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-वसतिः Feminine, -सद्मन् Neuter a cemetery; त्रिलोकनाथः पितृसद्मगोचरः Ku.5.77.
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-वासरपर्वन् the period of performing the obsequious rites for the Manes; Gaṇeśa Parasmaipada2.
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-व्रतः a worshipper of the Manes. (-तम्) obsequial rites.
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-श्राद्धम् obsequial rites in honour of a father or deceased ancestor.
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-स्वसृ Feminine (also पितृष्वसृ as well as पितुः स्वसृ or पितुःष्वसृ) a father's sister; Ms.2.131.
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-ष्वस्रीयः a paternal aunt's son.
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-संनिभः Adjective fatherly, paternal.
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-सूः
- a paternal grandmother.
- evening twilight.
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-स्थानः, -स्थानीयः a guardian (who is in the place of a father).
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-नम् The abode of death; see पितृवन; आनिन्यथुः पितृस्थानाद् गुरवे गुरुदक्षिणाम् Bhāg.1.85.32.
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-हत्या parricide.
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-हन् Masculine a parricide.
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-हू Masculine the right ear; पितृहूर्नृप पुर्या द्वार्दक्षिणेन पुरञ्जनः Bhāg.4.25.5.
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तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।
- पितॄन्pitṝnaccusative plural of the masculine noun pitṛ (father).
- पितरःpitaraḥnominative plural of the masculine noun pitṛ (father).
- पिताpitānominative singular of the masculine noun pitṛ (father).
- पितॄणम्pitṝṇāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun pitṛ (the father, here the word is used in the sense of departed ancestors, the manes).
