A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Pitrs
This page describes Pitrs which is located on page 528 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Pitrs” according to 61 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) [by H. H. Wilson]
hota | ajanishta | cetanah | pita | pitri-bhyah | utaye | pra-yakshan | jenyam | vasu | shakema | vajinah | yamam...
Read full contents: Rig Veda 2.5.1
Mandukya Upanishad [by Kenneth Jaques]
Disassociated with praise, disassociated with salutation and quite disassociated with the utterance of Svadha that is, performance of Sraddha rites in honour of Pitrs, and having no fixed residence whatever, one should become an ascetic acting according to His will or, chance....
Read full contents: Verse 37
The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) [by Arpita Chakraborty]
According to this concept each man has to pay back three types of debts-these are the debt towards gods, the debt towards teacher, and the debt towards parents, respectively known as deva rina, rishi rina and pitri rina. The first of these was usually repaid by means of prayer of the gods of elements such as that of water, fire, air and rains and the performance of yajnas for their propitiation....
Read full contents: 6. The Brahmanas
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