- མཚུན།
- མི་མ་ཡིན་པ།
- mtshun
- mi ma yin pa
- pitṛ
- Term
- pitṛ
- མི་མ་ཡིན་པ།
- mi ma yin pa
- pitṛ
Usually used in the plural—spirits of the deceased.
- pitṛ
- མཚུན།
- mtshun
- pitṛ
The spirits of deceased ancestors who need to be regularly appeased through ritual offerings of food. The term preta is a derivation of pitṛ.