پشاچ

िपशाच piśāć, s.m. Sprite, fiend, ogre, goblin, demon, malevolent being (something between an infernal imp and a ghost, always described as fierce and malignant; and said to haunt the places where deadbodies are burnt or buried):—piśāć-pati, s.m. An arch-fiend, a demon-chief:—piśāć-dru, s.m. A species of tree, Trophis aspera (believed to be the favourite haunt of the piśāćas or goblins):—piśāć-grasta, adj. Possessed of a demon, demoniac.