pisacha
पिशाच piśācaA low, malevolent flesh-eating fiend of the cremation ground, associated with impurity and darkness; one of the feared shadow-classes ranked below the rakshasa and the asura.
Where this term appears
- What is the Hanuman Chalisa? Worship
bhuta pisacha nikata nahi avai, mahabira jaba nama sunavai — No ghost or goblin comes near, when the name of the great hero is spoken.
- The Beings of the Dark Treatise
The piśāca is a low, malevolent flesh-eater of the cremation ground, impurity given a mouth.
- The Classes of the Gods Treatise
… apsarases, the yakṣas and rakṣases, the gandharvas and kinnaras, the piśācas, the guhyakas, the siddhas, and the bhūtas — these are the deva-yonis.