Pitridevata, Pitṛdevata: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pitṛdevata can be transliterated into English as Pitrdevata or Pitridevata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPitṛdevata (पितृदेवत):—(pitar + devatā) adj. die Manen zur Gottheit d. h. zum Gegenstand der Verehrung habend, ihnen geweiht [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPitṛdevata (पितृदेवत):—Adj. die Manen zur Gottheit habend , sie zum Gegenstand der Verehrung habend , ihnen geweiht.
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Pitṛdevatā (पितृदेवता):—f. Pl. die Manen und Götter [85,21.]
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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Partial matches: Pitri, Devata.
Full-text: Pitridevatya, Agrayana.
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