As a deity name
Name 386 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 926 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
पितामह · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ पितामही] · पिता का पिता । दादा · भीष्म — Śabdasāgara
पितामह · masculine
paternal grandfather
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पितामह — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पितामह (pitāmaha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pitā—maha m. a paternal grandfather, AV. &c. &c.
N. of Brahmā, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a paternal grandfather, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
pitā—maha m. a paternal grandfather, AV. &c. &c.
N. of Brahmā, Mn.; MBh. &c.
of sev. authors, Cat.
pl. the Piṭris or ancestors, Yājñ.; MBh.
pitāmaha m. (-haḥ) 1 A paternal grandfather. 2 A name of BRAHMĀ, the great father of all. f. (-hī) A paternal grandmother. E. pitṛ a father, and maha aff.
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