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Peta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary on Peta

Peta (peta; Skt. preta): A "hungry shade" or "hungry ghost" - one of a class of beings in the lower realms, sometimes capable of appearing to human beings.

The petas are often depicted in Buddhist art as starving beings with pinhole-sized mouths through which they can never pass enough food to ease their hunger.

(See also: Peta, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

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Peta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary on Peta

Peta (peta; Skt. preta): A "hungry shade" or "hungry ghost" - one of a class of beings in the lower realms, sometimes capable of appearing to human beings.

The petas are often depicted in Buddhist art as starving beings with pinhole-sized mouths through which they can never pass enough food to ease their hunger.

For more articles related to Peta , see: Buddhism, Buddhism Dictionary, Peta , Body Mind and Soul.

Definition of Peta is mainly extracted from the website of " Access to Insight - Readings in Theravada Buddhism". Access to Insight is an Internet website dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and useful information concerning the practice and study of Theravada Buddhism, as it has been handed down to us through both the written word of the Pali Canon and the living example of the Sangha.

For more information please visit http://www.accesstoinsight.org

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