Piśāca
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piśāca. (P. pisāca; T. sha za; C. pisheshe 毘舍闍). A class of non-human beings who eat human flesh.[1] They are similar to raksha and yaksha.[1]
They are included in the realm of the pretas.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. piśāca