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					Pisāca,[cp.Sk.piśāca & Vedic piśāci; to same root as pisuna=Vedic piśuna,& Lat.piget,Ohg.fēhida enmity=Ags.faehp (“feud”),connected with root of Goth.fijan to hate; thus pisāca=fiend] 1.a demon,goblin,sprite D.I,54 (T.pesācā,v.l.pisācā,expld at DA.I,164 as “pisācā mahanta-mahantā sattā ti vadati”),93; S.I,209; A.III,69; Ud.5; J.I,235; IV,495 (yakkha p.peta); Miln.23; VvA.335; PvA.198; Sdhp.313.-- f.pisācī J.V,442.-- 2.[like pisāca-loha referring to the Paiśāca district,hailing from that tribe,cp.the term malla in same meaning and origin] a sort of acrobat,as pl.pisācā “tumblers” Miln.191.  --nagara town of goblins (cp.yakkha-nagara) Vism.531.--loha [connected with the tribe of the Paiśāca’s:Mhbh VII.4819; cp.Paiśācī as one of the Prākrit dialects:Pischel,Prk.Gr.§ 3] a kind of copper VbhA.63 (eight varieties).(Page 461)