Pitrigana, Pitṛgaṇa, Pitri-gana, Pitṛgaṇā: 10 definitions
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Pitrigana has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Pitṛgaṇa and Pitṛgaṇā can be transliterated into English as Pitrgana or Pitrigana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPitṛgaṇa (पितृगण):—(pitar + gaṇa) m. eine Reihe —, Gruppe von Manen; pl. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 194.] [Mahābhārata 2, 277.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 50, 5.]
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Pitṛgaṇā (पितृगणा):—(wie eben) f. Beiname der Durgā; so ist viell. st. pitagṛṇā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 53] zu lesen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPitṛgaṇa (पितृगण):—m. die Schar der Manen , die Manen [Viṣṇupurāṇa 1,8,23.] Pl. Reihen — , Gruppen von Manen.
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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Ends with: Mantra-deva-manuja-bhuta-pitrigana.
Full-text: Agnishvatta, Mantra-deva-manuja-bhuta-pitrigana, Barhishad, Nandimukha, Kalin, Ajyapa, Havishmanta, Pitri, Somapa.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.17.51-52 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
Verse 1.17.67 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.194 < [Section XI - Origin of the Pitṛs and the Mode of Worshipping them]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Classification of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 58 - The Procedure of Śrāddha < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]