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Conditionरोग

Pitri graha (possession by ancestral spirits)

भूत-पितृ ग्रह · भूतपितृग्रह

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Possession of a person by wicked ancestral spirits (bhuta-pitri), as the text describes it.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
भूतपितृग्रहपितृग्रह
Hindi
भूत-पितृ ग्रह
English
Pitri graha (possession by ancestral spirits)

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Signs and symptoms1

  • The person makes oblations, gifts and water offerings to the ancestors and craves rice pudding, sugarcane, jaggery and meat.

    Chapter 18 · p. 402 · v. 123Sanskrit verseTraditional description

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Condition
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Chapter 18
Extraction tasks
T19
Record id
condition_pitri_graha