Pitrimedha, Pitṛmedha, Pitri-medha: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pitṛmedha can be transliterated into English as Pitrmedha or Pitrimedha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPitṛmedha (पितृमेध).—a sacrifice offered to the Manes, obsequial offerings; गुरोः प्रेतस्य शिष्यस्तु पितृमेधं समाचरन् (guroḥ pretasya śiṣyastu pitṛmedhaṃ samācaran) Manusmṛti 5.65; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 16.7.23.
Derivable forms: pitṛmedhaḥ (पितृमेधः).
Pitṛmedha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitṛ and medha (मेध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPitṛmedha (पितृमेध).—n.
(-dhaṃ) Obsequial rites. E. pitṛ, and medha sacrifice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPitṛmedha (पितृमेध).—m. oblation to the Manes, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 65.
Pitṛmedha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitṛ and medha (मेध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPitṛmedha (पितृमेध).—[masculine] sacrifice to the Manes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPitṛmedha (पितृमेध) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. 4184.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pitṛmedha (पितृमेध):—[=pitṛ-medha] [from pitṛ] m. oblation made to the P°s [???; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPitṛmedha (पितृमेध):—[pitṛ-medha] (dhaṃ) 1. n. Funeral rite.
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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 corpusPitṛmēdha (ಪಿತೃಮೇಧ):—[noun] = ಪಿತೃಯಜ್ಞ [pitriyajna].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Pitri, Medha.
Starts with: Pitrimedhabhashya, Pitrimedhandapille, Pitrimedhaprayoga, Pitrimedhasara, Pitrimedhasarasamgraha, Pitrimedhasutra, Pitrimedhavivarana, Pitrimedhavyakhya.
Ends with: Ahitagnipitrimedha.
Full-text (+36): Pitrimedhasara, Pitrimedhasutra, Caturmedha, Shmashana, Paitrimedhika, Viyushka, Abhyugjval, Anagarta, Adhyudyam, Svavokshita, Naidaghi, Anuspandyam, Kridnakshi, Agnibhanda, Krishnakhura, Napitakarman, Vyabhram, Dishtagamana, Amamaya, Svayamprokta.
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