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Pishachas (Sanskrit: पिशाच,
piśāca) are flesh-eating
demons in
Indian religions,
appearing in
Hindu and
Buddhist mythologies. A
pishacha is a malevolent...
- 91: 27–28. Rodrigues, H. (2018). Asuras, Daityas, Dānavas, Rākṣasas,
Piśācas, Bhūtas, Pretas, and so forth.. In K. A.
Jacobsen (ed.), Brill's Encyclopedia...
- The
Nuristani languages are one of the
three groups within the Indo-Iranian
language family,
alongside the Indo-Aryan and
Iranian languages. They have...
- death,
become forces of Mara.
These forces consist of Asuras, Rakshasa,
Pisacas,
Aratis and animals. His name is
first mentioned in the
Atharva Veda (1200...
- to
watch over the
Pisacas (a type of evil spirit). The
Nilamata Purana refers to him as "the
noble and
strong lord of the
Pisacas."
Seeing Kumbha, his...
- Hindupedia. Rodrigues, Hillary. 'Asuras, Daityas, Dānavas, Rākṣasas,
Piśācas, Bhūtas, Pretas, and so Forth.' Brill's
Encyclopedia of
Hinduism Online...
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Kasyapa cursed them to live with the
Pisacas. At the
request of Nila the
curse was
modified to the
extent that the
Pisacas would go
every year for a period...
- ISBN 978-1-136-41437-4. Rodrigues,
Hillary (2018). "Asuras, Daityas, Dānavas, Rākṣasas,
Piśācas, Bhūtas, Pretas, and so forth". In Knut, A. Jacobsen; Basu, Helene; Malinar...
- The
Dardic languages (also
Dardu or
Pisaca), or Hindu-Kush Indo-Aryan languages, are a
group of
several Indo-Aryan
languages spoken in
northern ****stan...
- his
daitya magic.
Hundreds of
weapons belonging to guhyakas, gandharvas,
pisacas, and
uragas (celestial snakes) were am****ed to
combat him, but all fell...
