饿鬼

(餓鬼, 饿鬼)

(sa) pretas, hungry spirits, one of the three lower destinies. They are of varied classes, numbering nine or thirty-six, and are in differing degrees and kinds of suffering, some wealthy and of light torment, others possessing nothing and in perpetual torment; some are jailers and executioners of Yama in the hells, others wander to and fro amongst men, especially at night. Their city or region is called [lang id =1028]餓鬼城; [lang id =1028]餓鬼界. Their destination or path is the [lang id =1028]餓鬼趣 or [lang id =1028]餓鬼道.