PITRI
\pˈɪtɹi], \pˈɪtɹi], \p_ˈɪ_t_ɹ_i]\
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pit'r[=e], n.pl. the deceased ancestors of a man: in Hindu mythology, an order of divine beings inhabiting celestial regions of their own, and receiving into their society the spirits of those mortals for whom funeral rites have been duly performed. [Sans., 'father,' pl. pitaras.]
By Thomas Davidson