Pretoddesha, Pretoddeśa, Preta-uddesha: 4 definitions
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Pretoddesha 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.
The Sanskrit term Pretoddeśa can be transliterated into English as Pretoddesa or Pretoddesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPretoddeśa (प्रेतोद्देश).—an offering to the manes.
Derivable forms: pretoddeśaḥ (प्रेतोद्देशः).
Pretoddeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms preta and uddeśa (उद्देश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPretoddeśa (प्रेतोद्देश).—m.
(-śaḥ) An offering to the manes. E. preta and uddeśa object.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPretoddeśa (प्रेतोद्देश):—[from preta > pre] m. an offering to deceased ancestors, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPretoddeśa (प्रेतोद्देश):—[preto+ddeśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. An offering to the manes or the dead.
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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