Piśācas
demonic intermediate Hindu single tradition · 2
Piśācas are evil spirits invoked in protective rituals to be warded off. They are listed among malevolent beings that threaten children and are to be destroyed by the recital of Viṣṇu's name.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yakṣas, Rakṣasas, Vināyakas, Kotarī, Revatī, Jyeṣṭhā, Pūtanā, Unmāda, Apasmāra, Vishnu, Aratis, Krishna, kali, Brahmarakshasa, Dakini, Matres, Śākinī, Bhūtas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Kūṣmāṇḍas, Parpaṭas, Caṭakas, Bhairavas, Kṣetrapālas, Vīrabhadra, Yātudhānīs, Śiva, Yama, Rakshasa, Ashura
- serves
- Mara
Mentioned by
- Krishna
- kali
- Brahmarakshasa
- Dakini
- Matres
- Śākinī
- Bhūtas
- Pramathas
- Guhyakas
- Kūṣmāṇḍas
- Parpaṭas
- Caṭakas
- Bhairavas
- Kṣetrapālas
- Vīrabhadra
- Yātudhānīs
and 4 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“The Dākinīs, the Yātudhānīs, the Kūṣmāṇḍas, the infanticides, the goblins [Bhūtas], the Mātṛs, the Piśācas, the Yakṣas, the Rakṣasas...may these and all other evil spirits be destroyed”
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