Paitrahoratra, Paitrāhorātra, Paitra-ahoratra: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaitrāhorātra (पैत्राहोरात्र).—one month.
Derivable forms: paitrāhorātraḥ (पैत्राहोरात्रः).
Paitrāhorātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paitra and ahorātra (अहोरात्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaitrāhorātra (पैत्राहोरात्र).—m.
(-traḥ) A day and night of the Pitris, or progenitors, equal to a month of mortals. E. paitra relating to the manes, ahan a day, and rātri night.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaitrāhorātra (पैत्राहोरात्र):—[from paitra > paitā] m. a day and night of the Pitṛs (= one month), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaitrāhorātra (पैत्राहोरात्र):—[paitrā-ho-rātra] (traḥ) 1. m. A day and night of the Pitris or progenitors, equal to a month of mortals.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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