The Sanskrit term Pitṛvat can be transliterated into English as Pitrvat or Pitrivat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Pitṛvat (पितृवत्) refers to “seeing someone as one’s father”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] O gentle lady, the chaste ladies can be divided into four classes. Even when they are remembered they dispel sins. The divisions comprise of the superior etc. They are superior, middling (madhyamā), inferior and very inferior. I shall explain their characteristics. Listen with attention. [...] O daughter of the mountain, she who sees another man as her father (pitṛvat), brother or son [yā pitṛbhrātṛsutavat] with a clean conscience is the middling among chaste ladies. [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pitṛvat (पितृवत्).—a. Having a father living. -ind. Like a father or the Manes.

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

Pitṛvat (पितृवत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Having a father living, &c. E. pitṛ, and matup poss. aff.

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

Pitṛvat (पितृवत्).—[adverb] like a father or the Manes.

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

1) Pitṛvat (पितृवत्):—[=pitṛ-vat] [from pitṛ] 1. pitṛ-vat mfn. having a f° living, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. pitṛ-vat ind. like a father, [Manu-smṛti vii, 80]

3) [v.s. ...] like the P°s, as if for the P°s etc., [Ṛg-veda; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]

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

Pitṛvat (पितृवत्):—[(vān-vatī-vat) a.] Having; father. adv. Like a father.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pitrivat 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pitri, Vat, Van.

Full-text: Viksh, Vat.

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

Rig Veda 10.66.14 < [Sukta 66]

Rig Veda 8.40.12 < [Sukta 40]

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 6.8.23 < [Chapter 8 - The Marriages of All the Queens]

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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)

Adhyāya IV, Khaṇḍa 1

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