प्रेत

{ prēta }

बर'/बड़ो (Bodo) WN

See : बुहुद

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : भूत, पिशाच

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

See : मडें

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A corpse. 2 A goblin or sprite, esp. one animating the carcasses of the dead.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   A corpse. A goblin.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

ना.  कलेवर , मढे , मुडदा , मृतदेह , शव .

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  मेलेली व्यक्ती   Ex. त्या प्रेतावर गोळ्यांच्या खुणा होत्या.

ATTRIBUTES:

मृत

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

मृतक

Wordnet:

asm মৃতক

ben মৃত ব্যক্তি

guj મૃતક

hin मृतक

kan ಸತ್ತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

kas مۄردٕ

mal മരണപ്പെട്ടവര്

mni ꯁꯤꯔꯕ꯭ꯃꯤ

nep मृतक

ori ମୃତବ୍ୟକ୍ତି

pan ਮ੍ਰਿਤਕ

san मृतकः

tam இறந்தவர்

urd میت , مردہ

See : शव

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : भूत

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रेत  mfn.  a mfn. departed, deceased, dead, a dead person, [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.]
प्रेत  m.  m. the spirit of a dead person ( esp. before obsequial rites are performed), a ghost, an evil being, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ( cf. [RTL. 241, 271]; [MWB. 219]).
प्रेत    b &c. See p. 711, col. 3.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रेत [prēta] p.p. p.  p. p. [प्र-इ-क्त] Departed from this world, dead, deceased; स्वजनाश्रु किलातिसंततं दहति प्रेतमिति प्रचक्षते [R.8.86.]
तः The departed spirit, the spirit before obsequial rites are performed.
A ghost, evil spirit; प्रेतान् भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः [Bg.17.4;] [Ms.12.71.]
The inhabitant of hell (नारक); शुश्रुवुर्दारुणा वाचः प्रेतानामिव भारत [Mb.6.46.19.]
The manes (पितर); प्रथिता प्रेतकृत्यैषा पित्र्यं नाम विधुक्षये । तस्मिन् युक्तस्यैति नित्यं प्रेतकृत्यैव लौकिकी ॥ [Ms.3.127.] -Comp.
-अधिपः   an epithet of Yama.
-अन्नम्   food offered to the manes.
-अयनः  N. N. of a particular hell.
-अस्थि  n. n. the bone of a dead man. ˚धारिन् an epithet of Śiva.
-आवासः   a burialground, cemetery.
-ईशः, -ईश्वरः   an epithet of Yama.-उद्देशः an offering to the manes.
-कर्मन्  n. n.,
-कृत्यम्, -कृत्या   obsequial or funeral rites; [Ms.3.127.]
-कायः   a corpse.
-कार्यम्   see प्रेतकर्मन्; तस्य स प्रेतकार्याणि कृत्वा सर्वाणि भारत [Mb.3.138.7.]
-गत a.  a. dead.
-गृहम्   a cemetery.-गोपः the keeper of the dead.
-चारिन्  m. m. an epithet of Śiva.
-दाहः   the burning of the dead, cremation.-धूमः the smoke issuing from a funeral pile.
-नदी   the river वैतरिणी.
-नरः   a goblin, ghost.
-निर्यातकः, -निर्हारकः   a man employed to carry dead bodies; प्रेतनिर्यातकश्चैव वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः [Ms.3.166.]
-पक्षः   'the fortnight of the manes', N. of the dark half of Bhādrapada when offerings in honour of the manes are usually performed; cf. पितृपक्ष.
-पटहः   a drum beaten at a funeral.
-पतिः   Yama (the Indian 'Pluto').
-पात्रम्   a vessel used in a Śrāddha ceremony.
-पुरम्   the city of Yama.
-भावः   death.
-भूमिः  f. f. a cemetery.
-मेधः   a funeral sacrifice.
-राक्षसी   the holy basil (तुलसी).
-लोकः   the world of the dead; प्रेत- लोकं परित्यज्य आगता ये महालये Ulkādānamantra.
-वनम्   a cemetery.
-वाहित a.  a. possessed by a ghost.
-शरीरम्   the body of the departed spirit.
-शुद्धिः  f. f.,
-शौचम्   purification after the death of a relative.
-श्राद्धम्   an obsequial offering made to a departed ralative during the year of his death.
हारः one who carries a dead body.
a near relative.
प्रेत [prēta] प्रेति [prēti] प्रेत्य [prētya]   प्रेति प्रेत्य &c. See under प्रे.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रेत  mfn.  ( -तः-ता-तं) Dead, deceased.
 m.  ( -तः)
1. A ghost, a goblin, a spirit, an evil being, especially animating the carcases of the dead.
2. The spirit before obsequial rites are performed.
E. प्र be- fore, इत gone.

ROOTS:

प्र इत