Pitri
noun
the legendary progenitor of any family.
Pitris
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pluralof Pitri.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That common name, Pitris or Fathers, gradually attracted toward itself all that the fathers shared in common.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander
It is said, O king, that the Sraddha performed in honour of the Pitris is performable afterwards.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Such offerings gratify neither the gods nor the Pitris.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Besides the Devas or Gods, and besides the Pitris or Fathers, there was a third world, without which the ancient religion of India could not have become what we see it in the Veda.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander
The Pitris do not come in their visible forms for taking the cake.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
