پریت

ूेत pret, vulg. paret, s.m. lit. 'Departed, deceased, dead'; the spirit of a deceased person, departed spirit; the spirit before obsequial rites are performed; ghost, goblin, sprite, evil spirit, fiend:—pret-paksh, s.m. 'Half month of the departed, i.e. of the manes'; the dark half of the month (properly of the Gauṇa Aśvin, so called as peculiarly appointed for the celebration of obsequial rites to the pitr̤isor manes):—pretjonī, s.f.=pret-yoni, pret-lok, q.v.:—pret-śrāddh, vulg. paret-śarādh, s.m. Obsequial ceremonies offered to a departed relative during the year of his demise;—obsequial ceremonies in honour of the dead or of deceased ancestors:—pret-karm, s.m., pret-kārya, s.m., pret-kriyā(vulg. paret-kiryā), s.f.=pret-śraddh, q.v.:—pret-gr̤iha, s.m. 'House of the dead,' burying-ground, cemetery:—pret-lok, s.m. The world of the dead, the region of disembodied spirits (in which they remain for one year, or until the obsequial rites are completed):—pret-nadī, s.f. The river of the dead, the river of hell:—pret-nivās, s.m.=pretgr̤iha, q.v.:—pret-yoni, s.m.=pret-lok, q.v.