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Meaning of "Putra"

Word

Putra

Sanskrit

पुत्र

IAST

putrá

In General

Son; having sons is considered a great blessing, a honour and greatest wealth. A person who deliver (Tra means deliver) his father from the hell called Putra. The son, Putra should do all the last rites when his parents’ die, so it is believed that having a son is a necessary condition for getting heaven.

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