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