"पितृ" meaning in Sanskrit

See पितृ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pi.tŕ̩/ [Vedic], /ˈpi.t̪r̩/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́ (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pitar), Latin pater, Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (patḗr), Old Armenian հայր (hayr), Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (p-i-t-a /⁠pitā⁠/) (whence Persian پدر (pedar)), Old English fæder (whence English father). Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|inc-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*pHtā́||father}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́ (“father”), {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr||father}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”), {{cog|ae|𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭}} Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pitar), {{cog|la|pater}} Latin pater, {{cog|grc|πᾰτήρ}} Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (patḗr), {{cog|xcl|հայր}} Old Armenian հայր (hayr), {{cog|peo|𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠|ts=pitā}} Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (p-i-t-a /⁠pitā⁠/), {{cog|fa|پدر|tr=pedar}} Persian پدر (pedar), {{cog|ang|fæder}} Old English fæder, {{cog|en|father}} English father Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=pitṛ́}} पितृ • (pitṛ́) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|pitṛ́|acc_p=pitṝ́n, pitaraḥ|r_stem_a=a}} Forms: pitṛ́ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], पिता [nominative, singular], पितरौ [dual, nominative], पितरा1 [dual, nominative], पितरः [nominative, plural], पितः [singular, vocative], पितरौ [dual, vocative], पितरा1 [dual, vocative], पितरः [plural, vocative], पितरम् [accusative, singular], पितरौ [accusative, dual], पितरा1 [accusative, dual], पितॄन् [accusative, plural], पितरः [accusative, plural], पित्रा [instrumental, singular], पितृभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], पितृभिः [instrumental, plural], पित्रे [dative, singular], पितृभ्याम् [dative, dual], पितृभ्यः [dative, plural], पितुः [ablative, singular], पितृभ्याम् [ablative, dual], पितृभ्यः [ablative, plural], पितुः [genitive, singular], पित्रोः [dual, genitive], पितॄणाम् [genitive, plural], पितरि [locative, singular], पित्रोः [dual, locative], पितृषु [locative, plural]
  1. a father Synonyms: जनितृ, तत
    Sense id: en-पितृ-sa-noun-2A29T7gT
  2. (in the plural) paternal ancestor; forefather Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-पितृ-sa-noun-NnRHZnt4 Disambiguation of Family: 0 50 50 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 34 5 16 40
  3. (in the plural) paternal ancestor; forefather
    The Pitrs; spirits of the deceased ancestors venerated in the Vedic religion
    Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-पितृ-sa-noun-IC5wW9C5 Disambiguation of Family: 0 50 50 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 34 5 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 27 4 12 52 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 78 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 11 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: पितृष्वसृ (pitṛṣvasṛ), पितुःष्वसृ (pituḥṣvasṛ)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pitṛṣvasṛ",
      "word": "पितृष्वसृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pituḥṣvasṛ",
      "word": "पितुःष्वसृ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-hel"
          },
          "expansion": "Helu Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Helu Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "si",
            "2": "පියා"
          },
          "expansion": "Sinhalese: පියා (piyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sinhalese: පියා (piyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mag"
          },
          "expansion": "Magadhi Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Magadhi Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ପିଅର"
          },
          "expansion": "Odia: ପିଅର (piara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Odia: ପିଅର (piara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-pai"
          },
          "expansion": "Paisaci Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Paisaci Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਪਿੱਤਰ"
          },
          "expansion": "Punjabi: ਪਿੱਤਰ (pittar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Punjabi: ਪਿੱਤਰ (pittar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau"
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hindustani: piu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "पिउ",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: पिउ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: पिउ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "پِئُ",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: پِئُ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: پِئُ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "pitar"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: pitar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: pitar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*pHtā́",
        "4": "",
        "5": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́ (“father”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pitar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pater"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pater",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πᾰτήρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (patḗr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հայր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հայր (hayr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠",
        "ts": "pitā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (p-i-t-a /⁠pitā⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "پدر",
        "tr": "pedar"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian پدر (pedar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fæder"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fæder",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "English father",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́ (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pitar), Latin pater, Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (patḗr), Old Armenian հայր (hayr), Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (p-i-t-a /⁠pitā⁠/) (whence Persian پدر (pedar)), Old English fæder (whence English father).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pitṛ́",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ṛ-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पिता",
      "roman": "pitā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरौ",
      "roman": "pitárau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरा1",
      "roman": "pitárā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरः",
      "roman": "pitáraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितः",
      "roman": "pítaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरौ",
      "roman": "pítarau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरा1",
      "roman": "pítarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरः",
      "roman": "pítaraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरम्",
      "roman": "pitáram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरौ",
      "roman": "pitárau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरा1",
      "roman": "pitárā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितॄन्",
      "roman": "pitṝ́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरः",
      "roman": "pitaraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रा",
      "roman": "pitrā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभिः",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रे",
      "roman": "pitré",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्यः",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितुः",
      "roman": "pitúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्यः",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितुः",
      "roman": "pitúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रोः",
      "roman": "pitróḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितॄणाम्",
      "roman": "pitṝṇā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरि",
      "roman": "pitári",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रोः",
      "roman": "pitróḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृषु",
      "roman": "pitṛ́ṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "pitṛ́"
      },
      "expansion": "पितृ • (pitṛ́) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pitṛ́",
        "acc_p": "pitṝ́n, pitaraḥ",
        "r_stem_a": "a"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "May the mother sleep, may the father sleep, may the dog and the village chief sleep.\nLet all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.5",
          "roman": "sasantu sarve jñātayaḥ sastvayamabhito janaḥ.",
          "text": "सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः ।\nससन्तु सर्वे ज्ञातयः सस्त्वयमभितो जनः ॥\nsastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a father"
      ],
      "id": "en-पितृ-sa-noun-2A29T7gT",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "जनितृ"
        },
        {
          "word": "तत"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 34 5 16 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "sa:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.42.5",
          "roman": "Wise Pūṣan, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith thou furtheredst our ancestors of old.",
          "text": "आ तत् ते दस्र मन्तुमः पूषन्न् अवो वृणीमहे ।\nयेन पितॄन् अचोदयः ॥\nā tat te dasra mantumaḥ pūṣann avo vṛṇīmahe.\nyena pitṝn acodayaḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal ancestor; forefather"
      ],
      "id": "en-पितृ-sa-noun-NnRHZnt4",
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal",
          "paternal"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) paternal ancestor; forefather"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 34 5 16 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 27 4 12 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 11 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "sa:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The gods and the men divided the quarters [of the world]; the gods (obtained) the eastern, the Pitrs (obtained) the southern, men (obtained) the western, the Rudras (obtained) the northern. In that, he makes a hall with beams pointing east, the worshipper approaches the world of the gods. He covers it over, for the world of the gods is hidden from the world of men.",
          "ref": "c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.1.1",
          "roman": "devamanuṣyā diśo vyabhajanta prācīṃ devā dakṣiṇā pitaraḥ pratīcīm manuṣyā udīcīṃ rudrāḥ. yat prācīnavaṃśaṃ karoti devalokam eva tad yajamāna upāvartate pari śrayati. antarhito hi devaloko manuṣyalokāt.",
          "text": "देवमनुष्या दिशो व्यभजन्त प्राचीं देवा दक्षिणा पितरः प्रतीचीम् मनुष्या उदीचीꣳ रुद्राः । यत् प्राचीनवꣳशं करोति देवलोकम् एव तद् यजमान उपावर्तते परि श्रयति । अन्तर्हितो हि देवलोको मनुष्यलोकात् ।"
        }
      ],
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        "paternal ancestor; forefather",
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      "ipa": "/pi.tŕ̩/",
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  "word": "पितृ"
}
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      "roman": "pitṛṣvasṛ",
      "word": "पितृष्वसृ"
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      "roman": "pituḥṣvasṛ",
      "word": "पितुःष्वसृ"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "plural"
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      "form": "पितः",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "पितरौ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "पितरा1",
      "roman": "pítarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "पितरः",
      "roman": "pítaraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "पितरम्",
      "roman": "pitáram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरौ",
      "roman": "pitárau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "पितरा1",
      "roman": "pitárā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितॄन्",
      "roman": "pitṝ́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरः",
      "roman": "pitaraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रा",
      "roman": "pitrā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभिः",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रे",
      "roman": "pitré",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्यः",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितुः",
      "roman": "pitúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृभ्यः",
      "roman": "pitṛ́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितुः",
      "roman": "pitúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रोः",
      "roman": "pitróḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितॄणाम्",
      "roman": "pitṝṇā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितरि",
      "roman": "pitári",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पित्रोः",
      "roman": "pitróḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पितृषु",
      "roman": "pitṛ́ṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "pitṛ́"
      },
      "expansion": "पितृ • (pitṛ́) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pitṛ́",
        "acc_p": "pitṝ́n, pitaraḥ",
        "r_stem_a": "a"
      },
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  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "May the mother sleep, may the father sleep, may the dog and the village chief sleep.\nLet all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.5",
          "roman": "sasantu sarve jñātayaḥ sastvayamabhito janaḥ.",
          "text": "सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः ।\nससन्तु सर्वे ज्ञातयः सस्त्वयमभितो जनः ॥\nsastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a father"
      ],
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        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "जनितृ"
        },
        {
          "word": "तत"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.42.5",
          "roman": "Wise Pūṣan, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith thou furtheredst our ancestors of old.",
          "text": "आ तत् ते दस्र मन्तुमः पूषन्न् अवो वृणीमहे ।\nयेन पितॄन् अचोदयः ॥\nā tat te dasra mantumaḥ pūṣann avo vṛṇīmahe.\nyena pitṝn acodayaḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal ancestor; forefather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal",
          "paternal"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) paternal ancestor; forefather"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The gods and the men divided the quarters [of the world]; the gods (obtained) the eastern, the Pitrs (obtained) the southern, men (obtained) the western, the Rudras (obtained) the northern. In that, he makes a hall with beams pointing east, the worshipper approaches the world of the gods. He covers it over, for the world of the gods is hidden from the world of men.",
          "ref": "c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.1.1",
          "roman": "devamanuṣyā diśo vyabhajanta prācīṃ devā dakṣiṇā pitaraḥ pratīcīm manuṣyā udīcīṃ rudrāḥ. yat prācīnavaṃśaṃ karoti devalokam eva tad yajamāna upāvartate pari śrayati. antarhito hi devaloko manuṣyalokāt.",
          "text": "देवमनुष्या दिशो व्यभजन्त प्राचीं देवा दक्षिणा पितरः प्रतीचीम् मनुष्या उदीचीꣳ रुद्राः । यत् प्राचीनवꣳशं करोति देवलोकम् एव तद् यजमान उपावर्तते परि श्रयति । अन्तर्हितो हि देवलोको मनुष्यलोकात् ।"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal ancestor; forefather",
        "The Pitrs; spirits of the deceased ancestors venerated in the Vedic religion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal",
          "paternal"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) paternal ancestor; forefather",
        "The Pitrs; spirits of the deceased ancestors venerated in the Vedic religion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.tŕ̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.t̪r̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "पितृ"
}

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