Purvapreta, Pūrvapreta, Purva-preta: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPūrvapreta (पूर्वप्रेत).—m. (= Pali pubbapeta, wrongly defined [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] as = peta; it means spirit of an ancestor, or at least of a deceased member of one's family; this is clear from Dīghanikāya (Pali) commentary i.90.28, on i.8.2, atīte ñāti-kathā, as gloss on pubbapetakathā; and Pv commentary 17.26—27 pubbe keci pitaro, gloss on i.4.1 pubbe pete), spirit of an ancestor or deceased member of the family; as object of worship: pūrvapeta-pūjakaṃ tat kulaṃ (in which the Bodhisattva is to be reborn in his last existence)Lalitavistara 24.10 (replaced in same passage Mahāvastu i.198.2 by pūrvapitṛpūjakaṃ, in Mahāvastu ii.1.13 by pūrvamitrapūjakaṃ; the latter may be an error, mitra for pitṛ); in a list of venerable persons and benefactors, a cliché in which all are contrasted unfavorably with the Buddha, Divyāvadāna 47.13; 97.16; Avadāna-śataka i.149.3 etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pūrvapreta (पूर्वप्रेत):—[=pūrva-preta] [from pūrva] mfn. gone or flown away before, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] deceased, dead, [Divyāvadāna]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the Pitṛs
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Partial matches: Purva, Preta.
Starts with: Purvapretapujaka.
Full-text: Purvapretapujaka, Pubba.
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