pitf
pitf/ m. ( irreg. acc. pl. pitaras , MBh. ; gen. pl. pitfRAm , BhP. ) a father, RV. &c. &c. (in the Veda N. of Bṛhas-pati , Varuṇa , Prajā-pati , and esp. of heaven or the sky; antarA pitaraM mAtaraM ca , ‘between heaven and earth’, RV. x, 88, 15 )