• མཚུན།
  • མི་མ་ཡིན་པ།
  • mtshun
  • mi ma yin pa
  • pitṛ
  • Term
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  • pitṛ
  • མི་མ་ཡིན་པ།
  • mi ma yin pa
  • pitṛ
Definition in this text:

Usually used in the plural‍—spirits of the deceased.

  • pitṛ
  • མཚུན།
  • mtshun
  • pitṛ
Definition in this text:

The spirits of deceased ancestors who need to be regularly appeased through ritual offerings of food. The term preta is a derivation of pitṛ.