peesash
An Anglo-Indian rendering of Persian/Urdu 'paishash' or a variant of 'pishach' — a class of malevolent spirits in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology.
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An Anglo-Indian rendering of Persian/Urdu 'paishash' or a variant of 'pishach' — a class of malevolent spirits in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. Pishachas were associated with disease, madness, and possession; British colonial writers used 'peesash' as a catch-all for demonic beings in Indian folk belief.
The villagers said a peesash had been spotted near the old well and warned strangers not to draw water after dark.
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(India, archaic) A devil or evil spirit.
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