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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pretaniryātaka (प्रेतनिर्यातक).—a man employed to carry dead bodies; प्रेतनिर्यातकश्चैव वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः (pretaniryātakaścaiva varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ) Manusmṛti 3.166.

Derivable forms: pretaniryātakaḥ (प्रेतनिर्यातकः).

Pretaniryātaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms preta and niryātaka (निर्यातक). See also (synonyms): pretanirhāraka.

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

Pretaniryātaka (प्रेतनिर्यातक).—[masculine] a carrier of dead bodies.

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

Pretaniryātaka (प्रेतनिर्यातक):—[=preta-niryātaka] [from preta > pre] m. a carrier of d° bodies, [Manu-smṛti iii, 166.]

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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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Partial matches: Preta, Niryataka.

Full-text: Pretanirharaka.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 3.166 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]

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