Pitritirtha, Pitṛtīrtha, Pitri-tirtha: 9 definitions
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Pitritirtha has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Pitṛtīrtha can be transliterated into English as Pitrtirtha or Pitritirtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPitṛtīrtha (पितृतीर्थ):—(pitar + tīrtha) n.
1) der Wallfahrtsort der Väter, Beiname von Gayā [GAṬĀDH. im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) der Theil der Hand zwischen Daumen und Zeigefinger (vgl. unter pitrya und paitra) [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 291, 1 v. u. 380, 20. 413, 1 v. u.]
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Pitṛtīrtha (पितृतीर्थ):—
1) [Oxforder Handschriften 13,a,2.] eraṇḍīsaṃgame [65,b,35.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPitṛtīrtha (पितृतीर्थ):—n. —
1) Beiname der Stadt Gayā. —
2) der Theil der Hand zwischen Daumen und Zeigefinger.
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, Tirtha.
Starts with: Pitritirthamahatmya.
Full-text: Pitritirthamahatmya, Paitra, Apasalavi, Pitritarpana, Kumbhipaka, Pitrya, Tirtha, Gaya.
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