The spirits of the departed ancestors in Hindu culture.
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1 The pitris dwell in the South that is presided over by Yama of righteous deeds.
2 By the gifts one makes to a Brahmana, the deities and the pitris are supported.
3 She worshipped the pitris and the gods with fasts.
4 According to the ancient Aryan, the pitris , or "Fathers" (Lat.
5 Children is a euphemism for subjects, suggested by the word pitris to which it is antithetical.
6 In the pitris or fathers he recognises ancestral spirits, now companions of the gods, and gods themselves.
7 The four auspicious days were made the traces of the steeds, and the pitris presiding over them were made the hooks and pins.
8 Continuing to emaciate her body with austere penances, she devoted herself to the worship of the pitris and the gods in that solitary forest.
9 The gods and the Pitris subsist on the offerings made in sacrifices.
10 He should pour libations in honour of the Pitris and the deities.
11 Yama the son of Vivaswat was made the lord of the Pitris .
12 The offerings they make fail to gratify the deities and the Pitris .
13 It is Truth that gratifies the deities, the Pitris and the Brahmanas.
14 These were called first the gods and the two classes of Pitris .
15 He is the soul of the deities and human beings, and Pitris .
16 The Pitris , the Rishis, and the deities become all pleased with him.
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