…connected with root of Goth. fijan to hate; thus pisāca = fiend

…enumerated under the eight pisāca-lohāni, or copper coming from the Piśāca country Vb-a.63 (is reading correct?) It is doubtful whether we…

…Pv-a.140 (˚parivuta); pisāca˚ SN.i.33 tidasa˚ Snp.679 2. amacca˚ suite of ministers Ja.i.264; ariya˚ troup of worthies Ja.vi.50;…

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

…alloys), & metal from the Pisāca district Each is subdivided as follows: jāti˚; = ayo, sajjhaṃ suvaṇṇaṃ, tipu, sīsaṃ,…

adjective dirty; with ref. to loha, a kind of copper, in the group of copper belonging to Pisāca Vb-a.63.

malina + ka

wrestler Vin.ii.105 (˚muṭṭhika) Ja.iv.81 (two, named Cānura and Muṭṭhika “fister”); Vism.31 (muṭṭhika + i.e. boxing & wrestling as amusements: see mada 1) Perhaps as “porter” Bdhgh …

…kind of copper, grouped with pisācaloha). It is more likely however that morakkha is distorted fr. *mauryaka, patronymic of mura, a local…

…Ja.vi.559; Pv.ii.3#5
■ pisācaka a mud sprite (some sort of demon) Ja.iii.147; Ja.iv.380; Dhp-a.ii.26….

is reading at DN.i.54 for pisāca (so variant reading). Pesi (pesi)

dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cp. pitṛyajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the “fathers, …

…Cp pesuna.

Vedic piśuṇa, see etym. under pisāca

Pisācaka = pisāca

only in cpd. paṃsu˚; mud-sprite Ja.iv.380, Ja.iv.496; DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.ii.26.

Pisācaka = pisāca

only in cpd. paṃsu˚; mud-sprite Ja.iv.380, Ja.iv.496; DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.ii.26.

tree-goblin Vin.i.152; Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.134; Snp-a.357; cp. Vin. Texts i.318.

fr. pisāca

adjective noun only f. pisācinī a witch (= pisācī) Thag.1151.

fr. pisāca, lit. having a demon

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

“rocky,” a kind of copper (cp. pisāca) Vb-a.63.

sela + ka

…(= Sirīsavatthu); cp. pisāca-nagara. -pura id. Mhvs.7.32 -bhavana the realm or abode of the y….

…tiracchāna˚ Pv.ii.13#12; pisāca˚; world of the Pisācas SN.i.209; peta˚ the realm of the Petas Pv-a.68 (cp. peta)
■ kamma˚ K….