पितृदेव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিতৃদেৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬢᬺᬤᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
• পিতৃদেব (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰝𑰴𑰟𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀾𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ပိတၖဒေဝ (Burmese script)
• પિતૃદેવ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਤ੍ਰਦੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌤𑍃𑌦𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦠꦽꦢꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂞𑃂𑂠𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿತೃದೇವ (Kannada script)
• បិត្ឫទេវ (Khmer script)
• ປິຕ຺ຣິເທວ (Lao script)
• പിതൃദേവ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢠᡵᡳᡩᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘝𑘵𑘟𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢐᠷᠢᢑᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑦽𑧖𑦿𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐟𑐺𑐡𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
• ପିତୃଦେଵ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢡꢺꢣꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆠𑆸𑆢𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖝𑖴𑖟𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
• පිතෘදෙව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩫𑩙𑩭𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚙𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
• பித்ரிதே³வ (Tamil script)
• పితృదేవ (Telugu script)
• ปิตฺฤเทว (Thai script)
• པི་ཏྲྀ་དེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒞𑒵𑒠𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨛𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of पितृ (pitṛ́, “father”) +‎ देव (devá, “deva”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.tr̩.dɐj.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pi.t̪r̩ˈd̪eː.ʋɐ/

Noun

पितृदेव • (pitṛdeva) stem, m

1. someone who treats a father as equivalent to a deva; someone for whom a father should be honoured, respected, adored, and served as a god
   • c. 600 BCE, Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.11.2:

     मातृदेवो भव । पितृदेवो भव । आचार्यदेवो भव । अतिथिदेवो भव । यान्यनवद्यानि कर्माणि तानि सेवितव्यानि । नो इतराणि। यान्यस्माकं सुचरितानि तानि त्वयोपास्यानि । नो इतराणि ॥

     mātṛdevo bhava. pitṛdevo bhava. ācāryadevo bhava. atithidevo bhava. yānyanavadyāni karmāṇi tāni sevitavyāni. no itarāṇi. yānyasmākaṃ sucaritāni tāni tvayopāsyāni. no itarāṇi.

     Be a mātṛdeva. Be a pitṛdeva. Be an ācāryadeva. Be an atithideva. Nothing but faultless deeds are to be practised. Nothing but good conduct and virtuous actions are to be worshipped and honoured by you.

2. (in the plural) one's ancestors and the devas
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
3. a particular class of divine beings
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पितृदेव (pitṛdeva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पितृदेवः pitṛdevaḥ	पितृदेवौ / पितृदेवा¹ pitṛdevau / pitṛdevā¹	पितृदेवाः / पितृदेवासः¹ pitṛdevāḥ / pitṛdevāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पितृदेव pitṛdeva	पितृदेवौ / पितृदेवा¹ pitṛdevau / pitṛdevā¹	पितृदेवाः / पितृदेवासः¹ pitṛdevāḥ / pitṛdevāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पितृदेवम् pitṛdevam	पितृदेवौ / पितृदेवा¹ pitṛdevau / pitṛdevā¹	पितृदेवान् pitṛdevān
Instrumental	पितृदेवेन pitṛdevena	पितृदेवाभ्याम् pitṛdevābhyām	पितृदेवैः / पितृदेवेभिः¹ pitṛdevaiḥ / pitṛdevebhiḥ¹
Dative	पितृदेवाय pitṛdevāya	पितृदेवाभ्याम् pitṛdevābhyām	पितृदेवेभ्यः pitṛdevebhyaḥ
Ablative	पितृदेवात् pitṛdevāt	पितृदेवाभ्याम् pitṛdevābhyām	पितृदेवेभ्यः pitṛdevebhyaḥ
Genitive	पितृदेवस्य pitṛdevasya	पितृदेवयोः pitṛdevayoḥ	पितृदेवानाम् pitṛdevānām
Locative	पितृदेवे pitṛdeve	पितृदेवयोः pitṛdevayoḥ	पितृदेवेषु pitṛdeveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पितृदेव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 626.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पितृ-देव”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1022