Preta, 9 Definition(s)
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A "hungry shade" or "hungry ghost" - one of a class of beings in the lower realms, sometimes capable of appearing to human beings. The petas are often depicted in Buddhist art as starving beings with pinhole sized mouths through which they can never pass enough food to ease their hunger.
Added: 10.Aug.2008 |
Source: Access to Insight:
A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist Terms
Hungry ghosts. who are tormented by continual and unsatisfied cravings. The preta realm is one of the three states of woe (apaya bhumi) and one of the six realms of existence.
Added: 01.Jun.2008 |
Source: Buddhism Study and Practice Group:
Buddhism Glossary
The Sanskrit word usually translated as hungry ghost, one of the six states of existence.
Added: 06.Jun.2008 |
Source: Exploring Religions:
Buddhism Glossary
Hungry ghosts, who populate the second to the lowest of the six realms of existence in Mahayana Buddhism. Usually depicted as having small mouths or necks and giant stomachs, hungry ghosts experience continual frustration and unsatisfied craving.
Added: 21.Sep.2008 |
Source: Religion Facts:
Glossary of Buddhism
Hungry Ghosts are characters from Buddhist iconography who suffer from their greed, envy and jealousy.
Added: 23.Nov.2008 |
Source: About:
Glossary of Buddhist Terms
Hungry ghosts. who are tormented by continual and unsatisfied cravings. The preta realm is one of the three states of woe (apaya bhumi) and one of the six realms of existence.
Added: 23.Nov.2008 |
Source: Guoxue:
Buddhism Glossary
M Being living in the compound of apaya worlds, situated between the world of animals and the world of hells.
Added: 26.Apr.2009 |
Source: Dhamma Dana:
Pali English Glossary
(Sanskrit preta): lit. 'departed spirit', ghost; s. loka.
Added: 06.Jun.2010 |
Source: Pali Kanon:
Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines
Hungry ghosts.
Added: 19.Dec.2010 |
Source: Wisdom Library:
General Glossary
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| · Kutavinicchayaka Peta | One of Bimbisaras judges, who was a cheat, a slanderer, an... | 1 desc. | |
| · Peta Vatthu | The seventh book of the Khuddaka Nikaya. It consists of st... | 1 desc. | |
| · Pataliputta Peta | A man of Pataliputta, having gone to Suvannabhumi for trad... | 1 desc. | |
| · Satthikuta Peta | There was once a cripple in Benares adept in throwing stones... | 1 desc. | |
| · Khettupama Peta Vatthu | The first story of the Peta Vatthu. Pv.i.1. | 1 desc. | |
| · Ubbari Peta Vatthu | The story of Ubbari(2). | 1 desc. | |
| · Ambasakkhara | One of the Licchavi chieftains of Vesali during the Budd... | 1 desc. | |
| · Sukarapeta | 1. Sukarapeta. A peta who lived on Gijjhakuta. His body wa... | 1 desc. | |
| · Ucchu | The name given to one of the stories of the Petavatthu. Th... | 1 desc. | |
| · Serini | A courtesan of Hatthinipura in the Kuru kingdom. Once a la... | 1 desc. | |
| · Vaddhamana | 1. Vaddhamana Thera. An arahant. He belonged to a Licchavi... | 1 desc. | |
| · Uraga Vagga | 1. Uraga Vagga - The first chapter of the Sutta Nipata. It c... | 1 desc. | |
| · Asisukarika Sutta | Records the incident of Moggallana seeing a Peta while on ... | 1 desc. | |
| · Kankha Revata | He belonged to a very wealthy family in Savatthi. One day,... | 1 desc. | |
| · Kappitaka | He was upajjhaya to Upali, and once lived in a cemetery ... | 1 desc. |
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