preta

p. p. [pra-i-kta] Departed from this world, dead, deceased; svajanāśru kilātisaṃtataṃ dahati pretamiti pracakṣate R. 8. 86. --taḥ 1 The depart- ed spirit, the spirit before...

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] p. p. [pra-i-kta] Departed from this world, dead, deceased; svajanāśru kilātisaṃtataṃ dahati pretamiti pracakṣate R. 8. 86. --taḥ 1 The depart- ed spirit, the spirit before obsequial rites are performed. --2 A ghost, evil spirit, Bg. 17. 4; Ms. 12. 71. --Comp. --adhipaḥ an epithet of Yama. --annaṃ food offered to the Manes. --asthi n. the bone of a dead man. ºdhārin an epithet of Śiva. --āvāsaḥ a burial-ground,...

[apte] &c. See under pre.

[mw] &c, see p. 711, col. 3. 089662 712,3 141054

Root

√yama यम

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · apariveṣaṇe

to fast, to avoid eating

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 266
Texts: 47

DCS: a variety of Ocimum | Monier-Williams: pre ta &c. See p. 711, col. 3 .

Occurrences

Appears in 62 texts.

Abhidhanacintamani Amarakosa Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astangahrdayasamhita Astasahasrika Asvalayanagrhyasutra Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Bhagavatapurana Bharatamanjari Bodhicaryavatara Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Dasakumaracarita Divyavadana Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gopathabrahmana Kathasaritsagara Katyayanasmrti Krsnamrtamaharnava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lingapurana Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matsyapurana Narmamala Pancarthabhasya Parasaradharmasamhita Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Pasupatasutra Ramayana Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rasendracudamani Ratnatika Sankhayanagrhyasutra Siksasamuccaya Susrutasamhita Tantraloka Tantrasara Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vasisthadharmasutra Vetalapancavimsatika Vimsatikakarika Vimsatikavrtti Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogasutrabhasya mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata skandapurana-revakhanda

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Concordance Sample

Manusmṛtisurface: pretān

nirhṛtya tu vratī pretān na vratena viyujyate

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: preta

paśūn avidhinālabhya pretabhūtagaṇān yajan

Rāmāyaṇasurface: preta

rājānaṃ pretabhāvasthaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ ca tāpasam