sha za

sha za

A class of spirits.

A flesh-eating demon, or a demon who can possess the body of a human and cause various illnesses or insanity. They are often depicted as red-eyed, dark-skinned, bulging-eyed creatures, although they seem to be able to assume many shapes.

A spirit that haunts the night, feeds on corpses, and is fatal to see.

A spirit that haunts the night, feeds on corpses, and is fatal to see. The Tibetan means "flesh eater." The Sanskrit does not have "eat" as part of the name, but piśa means "flesh." An alternative etymology is that they are called piśāca because they are yellow in color, from the Sanskrit piśita, meaning "yellow."

A type of malevolent ghost, considered to belong to the preta realm. Tibetan translates the term as "flesh-eaters."

Class of demons; literally "flesh eater."

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