As a deity name
Name 584 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 608 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 924 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 141 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the fathers, forefathers, ancestors, (esp.) the Pitṛs or deceased ancestors (they are of 2 classes, viz. the deceased father, grandfathers and great-grandfathers of any partic. per…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pitre" is the dative of "pitṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pitṛ m. (irreg. acc. pl. pitaras, MBh.; gen. pl. pitṛṇām, BhP.) a father, RV. &c. &c. (in the Veda N. of Bṛhas-pati, Varuṇa, Prajā-pati, and esp. of heaven or the sky; antarā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca, ‘between heaven and earth’, RV. x, 88, 15)
pitṛ m. du. (˚tarau) father and mother, parents, RV. &c. &c. (in the Veda N. of the Araṇis [q.v.] and of heaven and earth)
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