Pitrikarman, Pitṛkarman, Pitṛkarma, Pitrikarma, Pitri-karman: 10 definitions
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Pitrikarman has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Pitṛkarman and Pitṛkarma can be transliterated into English as Pitrkarman or Pitrikarman or Pitrkarma or Pitrikarma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPitṛkarman (पितृकर्मन्):—(pitar + karman) n. Manenopfer [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 10.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 252. 5, 41.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 32, 17.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPitṛkarman (पितृकर्मन्):—n. Manenopfer.
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, Karma.
Full-text: Pitrikarya, Pitridana, Pitrikritya.
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