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petāna

peta

masc gen pl of peta (noun)

1. departed; deceased; dead; lit. gone forward
2. afflicted spirit, hungry ghost; lit. gone forward

Etymology. pa + e + ta; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit pitṛ, preta [pre]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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