preta

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

Appears in 62 texts

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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...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

266

Texts Appeared In

47

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

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 43 16.2%
2. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 20 7.5%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 17 6.4%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 17 6.4%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 16 6.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: pretān

  nirhṛtya tu vratī pretān na vratena viyujyate

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: preta

  paśūn avidhinālabhya pretabhūtagaṇān yajan

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: preta

  rājānaṃ pretabhāvasthaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ ca tāpasam