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Kaṭa-pūtana

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kaṭa-pūtana (迦吒富單那). A stinking hungry Ghost that stays at Cremation grounds.

pūtana as, ā mf. a kind of Preta (q.v.) or demon (a Form assumed by the deceased Spirit of a Kshatriya who when alive neglected his duties) Mn. xii, 71 Mālatīm. [Page 243, Column 3]

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