पैशाच

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

PAIŚĀCA   A kind of marriage. (See under Vivāha).

A dictionary, Marathi and English

paiśāca a S पैशाचिक a S Relating to a pishách or goblin.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

a   पैशाचिक
a   Relating to a goblin or ghost.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पैशाच  m.  mf( ई)n. relating or belonging to the पिशाचs, demon-like, infernal, [GṛS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (with ग्रह m. demoniacal possession, [MBh.])
पैशाच  m.  m. a पिशाच or kind of demon (also as N. of a tribe), [MBh.] ( cf. g. पर्श्व्-आदि)
the eighth or lowest form of marriage (when a lover secretly embraces a damsel either sleeping or intoxicated or disordered in her intellect), [Mn. iii, 34]
पैशाच  n.  n. N. of wk.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पैशाच [paiśāca] a.  a. (-ची f.) [पिशाचेन निर्वृत्तः अण्] Demoniacal, infernal.
चः The eighth or lowest of the eight forms of marriage in Hindu law, in which a lover ravishes a maiden without her consent when she is sleeping, or intoxicated, or deranged in intellect; सुप्तां मत्तां प्रमत्तां वा रहो यत्रोपगच्छति । स पापिष्ठो विवाहानां पैशाचश्चाष्टमोऽ धमः [Ms.3.34;] [Y.1.61.]
A kind of demon or पिशाच.
ची A present made at a religious ceremony.
Night.
A sort of gibberish spoken on the stage by demons.
One of the forms of Prākṛita.

Shabda-Sagara

पैशाच  mfn.  ( -चः-ची-चं) Infernal, demoniacal, relating or belonging to a Pīśacha or goblin.
 m.  ( -चः)
1. A mode of marriage the ravishment of a girl by her lover; it is the last of the eight forms of marriage in Hindu law, in it the lover defiles a damsel without her consent when she is sleeping or intoxicated or deranged in intellect.
2. A kind of demon.
 f.  ( -ची)
1. A present to a friend, or to secure friendly regard made at a religious ceremony.
2. Night.
3. The lowest Prā- krita dialect spoken on the stage by demons in Hindu dramatical representations.
E. पिशाच an imp, aff. अण् .

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पिशाच अण् .