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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

pareta : (adj.) afflicted with; overcome by; gone on to.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pareta, (pp. of pareti, more likely para+i than pari+i, although BSk. correspondent is parīta, e.g. śokaparīta Jtm 31⁹⁴) gone on to, affected with, overcome by (-°), syn. with abhibhūta (e.g. PvA. 41, 80). Very frequent in combination with terms of suffering, misadventure and passion, e.g. khudā°, ghamma°, jighacchā°, dukkha°, dosa°, rāga°, soka°, sneha°, Vin. I, 5; D. II, 36; M. I, 13, 114, 364, 460; III, 14, 92; S. II, 110; III, 93; IV, 28; A. I, 147=It. 89; A. III, 25, 96; Sn. 449, 736, 818 (=samohita samannāgata pihita Nd¹ 149) 1092, 1123; J. III, 157; Pv. I, 8⁶; II, 2⁴; Miln. 248; PvA. 61, 93. (Page 439)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pareta (परेत).—p. p. Deceased, departed, dead.

-taḥ A spirit, a ghost.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pareta (परेत).—[adjective] gone, dead; [masculine] [plural] the Manes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pareta (परेत):—[from pare] mfn. departed, deceased, dead, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Yājñavalkya]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of spectre, a ghost, spirit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pareta (परेत):—[pare-ta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Dead. m. A ghost.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pareta in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parēta (ಪರೇತ):—

1) [adjective] no longer living; having died; dead.

2) [adjective] departed; gone away; bygone.

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Parēta (ಪರೇತ):—

1) [noun] the body of a person who has died; corpse.

2) [noun] a person who has died.

3) [noun] a supernatural being, esp. one thought of as haunting or possessing a person, house, etc., as a ghost or as inhabiting a certain region; a spirit.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ta, Pare.

Starts with: Paretabhartar, Paretabhartri, Paretabhumi, Paretacarita, Paretakala, Paretakalpa, Paretakritya, Paretam, Paretapati, Paretara, Paretaraj, Paretaraja, Paretaramgini, Paretavana, Paretavasa.

Ends with: Dukkhapareta, Maccupareta, Sampareta, Sapareta, Sokapareta.

Full-text: Paretaraj, Paretakalpa, Paretabhumi, Sampareta, Paretabhartri, Paretaraja, Paretavasa, Paretam, Paretacarita, Abhibhuta, Sokapareta, Samohita, Maccuparayana, Dukkhapareta, Pariyeti, Paretakala, Abhise, Pareti, I, Kule.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Pareta, Pare-ta, Parēta; (plurals include: Paretas, tas, Parētas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 10.31.3 < [Sukta 31]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Appendix 4.2: New and Rare Words < [Appendices]

Appendix 3.2: new and rare words < [Appendices]

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Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)

Chapter 2.2b - The Vyavahāramātṛkā Delineated in the Vyavahārādhyāya < [Chapter 2 - The Vyavahārādhyāya of the Yājñavalkyasmṛti]

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