पिशाच
पुं.pishachaराक्षस, जाति-विशेष
English: demon, name of a people
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Monier-Williams · piśāca
piśācá m. (ifc. f. ā) N. of a class of demons (possibly so called either from their fondness for flesh [piśa for piśita] or from their yellowish appearance ‖ they were perhaps originally a personification of the ignis fatūs ‖ they are mentioned in the Veda along with Asuras and Rākshasas, See also Mn. xii, 44 ‖ in later times they are the children of Krodhā, 276) ‖ a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being AV. &c. &c. (ifc. 'a devil of a -' Kād.) ‖ N. of a Rakshas R ‖ (ā), f. N. of a daughter of Daksha and mother of the Piśācas VP ‖ (ī), f. a female Piśācas, a she-de
piśācá m. (ifc. f. ā) N. of a class of demons (possibly so called either from their fondness for flesh [piśa for piśita] or from their yellowish appearance ‖ they were perhaps originally a personification of the ignis fatūs ‖ they are mentioned in the Veda along with Asuras and Rākshasas, See also Mn. xii, 44 ‖ in later times they are the children of Krodhā, 276) ‖ a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being AV. &c. &c. (ifc. 'a devil of a -' Kād.) ‖ N. of a Rakshas R ‖ (ā), f. N. of a daughter of Daksha and mother of the Piśācas VP ‖ (ī), f. a female Piśācas, a she-de