The Sanskrit term Pitṛkārya can be transliterated into English as Pitrkarya or Pitrikarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य).—More important than Devakāryam.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 73. 55-73.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य).—oblations or sacrifice offerd to deceased ancestors, obsequial rites; स्वधाकारः परा ह्याशीः सर्वेषु पितृकर्मसु (svadhākāraḥ parā hyāśīḥ sarveṣu pitṛkarmasu) Manusmṛti 3.252.

Derivable forms: pitṛkāryam (पितृकार्यम्).

Pitṛkārya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitṛ and kārya (कार्य). See also (synonyms): pitṛkṛtya, pitṛkriyā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य) or Pitṛkāryya.—n.

(-ryaṃ) Obsequial rites. E. pitṛ, and kārya to be done.

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

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य).—n. an oblation to the Pitṛs or Manes, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 203.

Pitṛkārya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitṛ and kārya (कार्य).

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

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य).—[neuter] kriyā [feminine] = pitṛkarman.

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

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य):—[=pitṛ-kārya] [from pitṛ] n. = -karman, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]

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

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य):—[pitṛ-kārya] (ryyaṃ) 1. n. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pitrikarya 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

Pitṛkārya (ಪಿತೃಕಾರ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಪಿತೃಕರ್ಮ [pitrikarma].

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Pitṛkārya (पितृकार्य):—n. rites done in honor of deceased ancestors;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Pitri, Karya.

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