Pretaloka, Preta-loka: 7 definitions
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Pretaloka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPretaloka (प्रेतलोक).—The world of the dead.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 110. 44.
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 dictionaryPretaloka (प्रेतलोक).—the world of the dead; प्रेत- लोकं परित्यज्य आगता ये महालये (preta- lokaṃ parityajya āgatā ye mahālaye) Ulkādānamantra.
Derivable forms: pretalokaḥ (प्रेतलोकः).
Pretaloka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms preta and loka (लोक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPretaloka (प्रेतलोक).—m.
(-kaḥ) The region of disembodied spirits, in which they remain for one year, or until the obsequial rites are completed. E. preta and loka region.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPretaloka (प्रेतलोक):—[=preta-loka] [from preta > pre] m. the world of the dead (in which they remain for one year or until the Śrāddha ceremonies are completed), [Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPretaloka (प्रेतलोक):—[preta-loka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Hades.
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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.
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