Preta: 27 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Pret.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPreta (प्रेत):—(partic. von 3. i mit pra) adj. subst. gestorben, ein Verstorbener [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 5, 2, 13. 14, 8, 11, 1. 6, 7, 6.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 2. 3.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 1, 23.] nītā mayā pretavaśaṃ (so v. a. pretarājavaśaṃ) tavānujāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 17315. 1, 4889. 4893.] Vgl. auch u. 3. i mit pra . m. die Seele eines Verstorbenen, Geist, Gespenst [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 2, 2. 3, 4, 14, 62.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 168.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1358.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 180.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 37.] [Halāyudha 3, 3.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 59. 71. fg.] [Bhagavadgītā 17, 4.] [Arjunasamāgama 10, 48.] gaṇāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 12650.] śuśruvurdāruṇā vācaḥ pretānāmiva [6, 1775. 4164. 7, 7688.] piśācayoḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 732.] [Suśruta 1, 114, 8. 116, 1. 117, 9.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 2, 14.] kṣutparikṣāmajanapretakulākula (prākāro nirayasyeva) [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 20.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 302, 7. 313, 11. 384, 15.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 54. fg.] [Burnouf 203.] [WASSILJEW 179. 196. 308.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 125.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 299 (69).]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPreta (प्रेत):——
1) Adj. verstorben. —
2) m. — a) ein Verstorbener. — b) die Seele eines Verstorbenen , Geist , Gespenst.
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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Starts with (+111): Preta-dakshina, Pretabhakshini, Pretabhava, Pretabhavastha, Pretabhumi, Pretabhuta, Pretacakravartin, Pretacarin, Pretaceshta, Pretachakravartin, Pretacharin, Pretadaha, Pretadahagni, Pretadeha, Pretadhipa, Pretadhipanagari, Pretadhipati, Pretadhivasini, Pretadhuma, Pretadipika.
Ends with: Abhipreta, Acacia preta, Anabhipreta, Anathapreta, Apreta, Aroeira preta, Ayathabhipreta, Bhutapreta, Jatapreta, Jurema-preta, Mahapreta, Maria-preta, Narapreta, Ouricana-preta, Pancapreta, Purvapreta, Sucupira preta, Vipreta, Yathabhipreta.
Full-text (+251): Pretakritya, Pretapataha, Pretanadi, Pretahara, Pretapati, Pretavana, Pretapaksha, Pea, Pretakarman, Pretanara, Pretavasa, Pretagata, Pretanirharaka, Pretashuddhi, Pretaloka, Pretanna, Pretaraja, Pretadhuma, Pretavahita, Pretarakshasi.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - Pretas (hungry ghosts) and water < [Chapter XLVI - Venerating with the Roots of Good]
The Preta destiny < [The world of transmigration]
Appendix 9 - On the number of gatis or destinies < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 5.102 < [Section XI - Impurity in the case of persons beyond the pale of Sapiṇḍa relationship]
Verse 12.71 < [Section IX - Details of Transmigration]
Verse 5.67 < [Section IX - Other forms of Impurity]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 223 - Greatness of Puruṣottama Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 18 - King Vidūratha in a Hermitage < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 65 - Greatness of Ānartakeśvara and Śūdrakeśvara < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.9.337 < [Chapter 9 - The Glories of Advaita]
Verse 1.17.65 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
Verse 1.17.66 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
Sutra of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vows
Chapter 1 - Ubiquitous Supernatural Powers of the Exalted Buddha at Trayastrimsa Heaven
Chapter 7 - Benefiting the Living and the Dead
Chapter 6 - Shakyamuni Buddha Praising Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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