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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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