Pitaras

Pitaras ( Sanskrit पितरस् pitaras "the fathers"), also Pitris (from Sanskrit पितृ pitṛ "father") denotes in Indian mythology :

• the souls of the ancestors, to whom water and grain balls ( Sanskrit पिण्ड piṇḍa ) are offered at a certain time ,
• the sons of the gods, who made repentance and repentance known to their fathers who sinned against Brahma , and
• the Prajapatis , the ten mythical ancestors of man.

literature

• Pitris . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, pp. 234-235 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• Jan Knappert: Lexicon of Indian Mythology. Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-07817-9 , p. 238 f.