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{{Dictkey|ཤ་ཟ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''sha za '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' shaza}}
{{Dictkey|ཤ་ཟ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''sha za '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' shaza}}
* ''Skt.'' पिशाचः, piśāca, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' pishacha}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} N. of a class of demons (possibly so called either from their fondness for flesh | for | or from their yellowish appearance | they were perhaps originally a personification of the ignis fatuus | they are mentioned in the Veda along with Asuras and Rākshasas | also | in later times they are the children of Krodhā | a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being | 'a devil of a -' | N. of a Rakshas {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}}
* ''Skt.'' पिशाचः, piśāca, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' pishacha}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} N. of a class of demons (possibly so called either from their fondness for flesh | for | or from their yellowish appearance | they were perhaps originally a personification of the ignis fatuus | they are mentioned in the Veda along with Asuras and Rākshasas | also | in later times they are the children of Krodhā | a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being | 'a devil of a -' | N. of a Rakshas {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}}
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ཤ་ཟ། (Wyl. sha za ) Pron.: shaza

  • Skt. पिशाचः, piśāca, Pron.: pishacha. From Sanskrit: N. of a class of demons (possibly so called either from their fondness for flesh | for | or from their yellowish appearance | they were perhaps originally a personification of the ignis fatuus | they are mentioned in the Veda along with Asuras and Rākshasas | also | in later times they are the children of Krodhā | a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being | 'a devil of a -' | N. of a Rakshas [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW