Preta (Sanskrit: प्रेत, Standard Tibetan: ཡི་དྭགས་, romanised: yi dags), also known as hungry ghost, is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing suffering greater than that of humans, particularly an extreme level of hunger and thirst. Preta is often translated into English as "hungry ghost" from the Chinese and East Asian adaptations.
Preta (Sanskrit: प्रेत, Standard Tibetan: ཡི་དྭགས་, romanised: yi dags), also known as hungry ghost, is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing suffering greater than that of humans, particularly an extreme level of hunger and thirst. Preta is often translated into English as "hungry ghost" from the Chinese and East Asian adaptations.
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