pitf | पित्फ़् | pitf
pitf/ | पित्फ़्/ | m. (irreg. acc. pl. pitaras | पितरस् |, MBh.; gen. pl. pitfṛām | पित्फ़ृआम् |, BhP.) a father, RV. &c. &c. (in the Veda N. of Bṛhas-pati, Varuṇa, Prajā-pati, and esp. of heaven or the sky; antarā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca | अन्तरा पितरं मातरं च |, ‘between heaven and earth’, RV. x, 88, 15)
pitf/ | पित्फ़्/ | m. du. (˚tarO | ˚तर्O |) father and mother, parents, RV. &c. &c. (in the Veda N. of the Araṇis [q.v.] and of heaven and earth)
(˚taras | ˚तरस् |) the fathers, forefathers, ancestors, (esp.) the Pitṛs or deceased ancestors (they are of 2 classes, viz. the deceased father, grandfathers and great-grandfathers of any partic. person, and the progenitors of mankind generally; in honour of both these classes rites called Śrāddhas are performed and oblations called Piṇḍas [q.v.] are presented; they inhabit a peculiar region, which, according to some, is the Bhuvas or region of the air, according to others, the orbit of the moon, and are considered as the regents of the Nakṣatras Maghā and Mūla; cf. RTL. 10 &c.), RV. &c. &c.
a father and his brothers, father and uncles, paternal ancestors, Mn. ii, 151 &c.; R.; Kathās.
a partic. child's-demon, Suśr.
pitf | पित्फ़् | [Origin fr. √ 3. pā | पा | very doubtful; cf. Zd. pita; Gk. πατήρ; Lat. pater, Jup-piter; Goth. fadar; Germ. Vater; Eng. father.]
pitf/ | पित्फ़्/ | m. du. (˚tarO | ˚तर्O |) father and mother, parents, RV. &c. &c. (in the Veda N. of the Araṇis [q.v.] and of heaven and earth)
(˚taras | ˚तरस् |) the fathers, forefathers, ancestors, (esp.) the Pitṛs or deceased ancestors (they are of 2 classes, viz. the deceased father, grandfathers and great-grandfathers of any partic. person, and the progenitors of mankind generally; in honour of both these classes rites called Śrāddhas are performed and oblations called Piṇḍas [q.v.] are presented; they inhabit a peculiar region, which, according to some, is the Bhuvas or region of the air, according to others, the orbit of the moon, and are considered as the regents of the Nakṣatras Maghā and Mūla; cf. RTL. 10 &c.), RV. &c. &c.
a father and his brothers, father and uncles, paternal ancestors, Mn. ii, 151 &c.; R.; Kathās.
a partic. child's-demon, Suśr.
pitf | पित्फ़् | [Origin fr. √ 3. pā | पा | very doubtful; cf. Zd. pita; Gk. πατήρ; Lat. pater, Jup-piter; Goth. fadar; Germ. Vater; Eng. father.]