The Sanskrit term Tālapiśāca can be transliterated into English as Talapisaca or Talapishaca, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Talapishacha.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Tālapiśāca (तालपिशाच) refers to a class of piśāca deities according to the Śvetāmbara tradition of Jainism, while Digambara does not recognize this class. The piśācas refer to a category of vyantaras gods which represents one of the four classes of celestial beings (devas).

The deities such as the Tālapiśācas are defined in ancient Jain cosmological texts such as the Saṃgrahaṇīratna in the Śvetāmbara tradition or the Tiloyapaṇṇati by Yativṛṣabha (5th century) in the Digambara tradition.

context information

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Pishaca, Tala.

Full-text: Pishaca.

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