paiśāca

Dictionary meanings for paiśāca from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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paiśāca

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (cī f.) [piśācena nirvṛttaḥ aṇ] Demoniacal, infernal. caḥ 1 The eighth or lowest of the eight forms of marriage in Hindu law, in which a lover ravishes a maiden without her consent when she is sleeping, or intoxicated, or derang- ed in intellect; suptāṃ mattāṃ pramattāṃ vā raho yatropagacchati. sa pāpiṣṭho vivāhānāṃ paiśācaścāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ Ms. 3. 34; Y. 1. 61.

2 A kind of demon or piśāca. cī 1 A present made...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mf (I) n. relating or belonging to the Pis3a1cas piSAca s, demon-like, infernal Gr2S.; Mn.; MBh. &c (with graha m. demoniacal possession MBh.) 649,3 129209 m. a Pis3a1ca piśāca or kind of demon (also as N. of a tribe) MBh. (cf. g. parśv-ādi) 649,3 129210 m. the eighth or lowest form of marriage (when a lover secretly embraces a damsel either sleeping or intoxicated or disordered in her intellect) Mn. iii, 34 649,3...

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