The Pishacha graha is described as seizing children, who waste while eating much, with a handsome face, veins on the belly, soft palms and soles and a smell of urine; affected adults are described separately.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पिशाचग्रह
- Hindi
- पिशाच ग्रह
- English
- Pishacha graha
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms2
The child wastes as in consumption yet has a handsome face, grows thinner daily though eating much, has veins spread over the belly, soft soles and palms, and a smell of urine.
An adult attended by a pishacha is dusky and very rough, with a harsh donkey-like voice and impure conduct, prattles and longs to live in secluded, empty houses.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 398Chapter 18×2… कार (पूर्वोक्र औषधियों से) पकाये गए जल से मंत्ररा वैद्य स्नान करावें। पिशाचग्रह गृहीत लक्षण शोषवत्सुरुचिरानन: शिशु: क्षीयतेःतिबहुभुकसिरातत:। कोमला …
- Book page 402Chapter 18… वान्। भिन्नशून्यगृहवासलोलुप: स्यात्पिशाचपरिवारितो नर:॥ 125॥ भावार्थ : पिशाच ग्रह से पीडित मनुष्य का शरीर धूसर (धुंदला) व अति कठिन होता है, स्वर गर्दभ …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
- Record id
- condition_pishacha_graha