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ཤ་ཟ། (Wyl. sha za ) Pron.: shaza
- Skt. पिशाचः, piśāca, Pron.: pishacha. From Sanskrit: N. of a class of demons (possibly so called either from their fondness for flesh | for | or from their yellowish appearance | they were perhaps originally a personification of the ignis fatuus | they are mentioned in the Veda along with Asuras and Rākshasas | also | in later times they are the children of Krodhā | a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being | 'a devil of a -' | N. of a Rakshas [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW