The Sanskrit term Pitṛvana can be transliterated into English as Pitrvana or Pitrivana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Pitṛvana (पितृवन) refers to a “place of the departed”, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 4.13-16, while describing auspicious dreams]—“After [the dreamer] has seen these [images listed above], he is successful. Likewise, [success comes to those who] obtain the Earth and a [battle] wound. Victory in battle and crossing the battle field, which is an ocean of blood and blazes like a place of the departed (pitṛvana—jvalat pitṛvanaṃ) [are auspicious]. [Someone who] commands heroes and persons who rule [with] victory [are fortunate signs]. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Pitṛvana (पितृवन) refers to an “ancestor forest”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the pīlava and upapīlava in sequence. [...] The pīlava [sites] are recited to be the border of a village, Kuṅkara (for Koṅkana), Karmāra-pāṭaka (or a district of [many] artisans), and the village where many Yoginīs reside. [Every site is] powerful. (12) Likewise, in this [system], the upapīlava [sites] are an ancestor forest (pitṛvana), a side of a house, a pond, and a lotus pool. Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Pitṛvana (पितृवन) refers to a “cemetery”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 168, l. 5]—Regarding “piśācabhayāt pitṛvanasamāśrayaṇam”—‘Pitṛvana’ means ‘cemetery’ and ‘piśāca’ a goblin, an evil spirit. Therefore this expression means resorting to a cemetary through fear of a goblin. It thus means going from bad to worse i.e. from a frying pan into fire. The corresponding Gujurati proverb is “olāmāthī cūlāmā”. This has a parallel in “vṛścikabhiyā palāyamāna āśīviṣamukhe nipatita” i.e. running away through fear of a scorpion, he falls into the mouth of a poisonous snake occurring in Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā (p 53). Cf. “Avoiding Scylla, he falls into Charybdis”.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pitṛvana (पितृवन).—

1) a cemetery; वसन् पितृवने रौद्रे शौचे वर्तितुमिच्छसि (vasan pitṛvane raudre śauce vartitumicchasi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.111.9.

2) death, the abode of death; सर्वे पितृवनं प्राप्य स्वपन्ति विगतज्वराः (sarve pitṛvanaṃ prāpya svapanti vigatajvarāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 11.3.5. (pitṛvanecaraḥ

1) a demon, goblin.

2) an epithet of Śiva).

Derivable forms: pitṛvanam (पितृवनम्).

Pitṛvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitṛ and vana (वन).

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

Pitṛvana (पितृवन).—n.

(-naṃ) A cemetery, a place where dead bodies are burnt or buried. E. pitṛ a deceased progenitor, vana a wood.

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

Pitṛvana (पितृवन).—n. a cemetery, Mahābhārata 11, 119.

Pitṛvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitṛ and vana (वन).

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

Pitṛvana (पितृवन).—[neuter] = pitṛkānana; sumanas [neuter] flower from a cemetery, [plural] funeral wreath.

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

Pitṛvana (पितृवन):—[=pitṛ-vana] [from pitṛ] n. = -kānana, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

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

Pitṛvana (पितृवन):—[pitṛ-vana] (naṃ) 1. n. A cemetery.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pitrivana 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

Pitṛvana (ಪಿತೃವನ):—[noun] = ಪಿತೃಕಾನನ [pitrikanana].

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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: Pitri, Vana.

Full-text: Pitrivanecara, Pitrikanana, Pitrina, Jvalat, Pishaca, Bhavana.

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