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pitar

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Pitar [Vedic pitṛ, pitar -- ; cp. Gr. path/r; Lat. pater, Jup- piter, Dies -- piter=*zeus path/r; Goth. fadar=Ger. vater= E. father; Oir. athir etc. to onomat. syllable *pa -- pa,cp. tāta & mātā] father. -- Cases: sg. nom. pitā S i.182; Dh 43; J v.379; SnA 423; acc. pitaraŋ Dh 294; & pituŋ Cp. ii.93; instr. pitarā J iii.37, pitunā, petyā Jv.214; dat. gen. pitu M iii.176; J iv.137; vi.365, 589; & pituno Vin i.17 (cp. Prk. piuṇo); abl. pitarā J v.214; loc. pitari. -- pl. nom. pitaro Sn 404; J iv.1; PvA 38, 54 (mātā˚); acc. pitaro PvA 17, pitare, & pitū Th 2, 433; instr. pitarehi & pitūhi; dat. gen. pitunnaŋ J iii.83; (mātā˚); vi.389 (id.); Pv ii.84; pitūnaŋ It 110; loc.pitusu Th 2, 499; J i.152 (mātā˚); and pitūsu PvA 3 (mātā˚). Further: abl. sg. pitito by the father's side D i.113 (+mātito); A iii.151; J v.214. -- A i.62, 132, 138 sq.; Sn 296, 579 (paralokato na pitā tāyate puttaŋ); Nd2 441 (=yo so janako); J i.412 (=tāta); v.20; VbhA 108 (where pretty popular etym. is given with "piyāyatī ti pitā"), 154 (in simile). <-> Of Brahmā: D i.18, cp. DA i.112; of Inda J v.153. There is sometimes a distinction made between the father as such and the grandfather (or ancestors in gen.) with culla˚ (cūḷa˚), i. e. little and mahā˚ i. e. grand -- father, e. g. at J i.115 (+ayyaka); PvA 107. The collective term for "parents" ismātāpitaro (pl. not dual), e. g. Sn 404; J i.152; iii.83; iv.1; PvA 107. On similes of father and son op. J.P.T.S. 1907, 112. In cpds. there are the 3 bases pitā, piti˚ & pitu˚. (a) pitā˚: ˚putta father & son J i.253; pl. ˚puttā fathers & sons, or parents & children J iv.115; vi.84. ˚mahā grandfather Pv ii.84; J ii.263; DA i.281; PvA 41; ˚mahāyuga age of a grandfather (i. e. a generation of ancestors) D i.113 (see det. expln DA i.281=SnA 462); Sn p. 115; KhA 141; petti -- pitā -- mahā great -- grandfathers, all kinds of ancestors J ii.48 (=pitu -- vitā mahā C.). <-> (b.) piti˚: ˚kicca duty of a father J v.153; ˚ghāta parricide J iv.45 (BB pitu˚); ˚pakkhafather's side DhA i.4; ˚pitāmahā (pl.) fathers & grandfathers, ancestors J v.383; ˚vadha parricide DA i.135. -- (c) pitu˚: ˚ja originating from the father J vi.589 (+mātuja); ˚ghātaka parricide (+mātughātaka) Vin i.88, 136, 168, 320; ˚nāma fathers name SnA 423; ˚pitāmahā (pl.) ancestors (cp. piti˚) A iv.61; J i.2; ii.48.˚rakkhita guarded by a father M iii.46. ˚santaka father's possession J i.2. ˚hadaya father's heart J i.61.

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