Pisacha
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 01 Mar 2010 13:01 and updated at 01 Mar 2010 13:01
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
MAHABHARATA NOUN
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Mbh.2.10.397 | The Gandharvas called Kinnaras, and others called Naras, and Manibhadra, and Dhanada, and Swetabhadra and Guhyaka; Kaseraka, Gandakandu, and the mighty Pradyota; Kustumvuru, Pisacha, Gajakarna, and Visalaka, Varaha-Karna, Tamraushtica, Falkaksha, and Falodaka; Hansachuda, Sikhavarta, Vibhishana, Pushpanana, Pingalaka, Sonitoda and Pravalaka; Vrikshavaspa-niketa, and Chiravasas, these O Bharata, and many other Yakshas by hundred and thousands always wait upon Kuvera. |
Mbh.3.65.3255 | Of a certainty, she is a terrible Rakshasa or a Yaksha or a Pisacha woman. |
Mbh.3.129.6578 | Hear what a Pisacha woman she-goblin, who was decked with pestles for her ornaments, said to a Brahmana woman, as I was reciting here the table of genealogy. |
Mbh.3.278.13598 | And those Pisacha women of frightful voice and terrible aspect always addressed that large-eyed lady in the harshest tones. |
Mbh.3.278.13635 | And when at last those fierce and cruel Pisacha guards came back, they saw her sitting with Trijata as before |
Mbh.12.12.517 | Thou shalt then fall off from both worlds and have to take thy birth in the Pisacha order |
Mbh.12.276.16948 | How can one like me, that is possessed of wisdom, perform like a cruel Pisacha, a Sacrifice of Slaughter after the manner of what is laid down for the Kshatriyas, a Sacrifice that is, besides, endued with rewards that are terminable? |
Mbh.13.90.8115 | When the offerings made at Sraddhas are exchanged by the performers with one another instead of being given away unto worthy persons, they come to be regarded as Pisacha presents. |
Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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