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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But even the Pitris, the fathers, are not mentioned, but it passes on straight to Yama the first ancestor.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
By adoring the Pitris on the first day of the lighted fortnight, one obtains in one's abode beautiful spouses capable of producing many children all possessed of desirable accomplishments.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Again, the conception of patrons or Pitris to each family and tribe naturally led to the idea of a Providence over all; and so the Pitri begat the Deva.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Alexander Wilder
The constant influx, too, of more intelligent beings from the first group of the Lunar Pitris, who were then beginning to return to incarnation, helped the attainment of a more civilised state.
From The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by W. Scott-Elliot
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 Alexander Wilder
