adjective · peta 1 · peta 2
dead
dead; departed. (masculine) a ghost
Peta [past participle of pa + ī, literally gone past, gone before] dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cf. pitr̥yajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the "fathers," the second ghosts, leading usually a miserable existence as the result (kammaphala) or punishment of some former misdeed (usually avarice). They may be raised in this existence by means of the dakkhiṇā (sacrificial gift) to a higher category of mahiddhikā petā (alias yakkhas), or after their period of expiation shift into another form of existence (manussa, deva, tiracchāna). The punishment in the Nirayas is included in the peta existence. Modes of suffering are given S II 255; cp K.S. II 170. On the whole subject see Stede, GPv; in the Petavatthu the unhappy ghosts are represented, whereas the Vimāna Vatthu deals with the happy ones. 1. (souls of the departed, manes) D III 189 (petānaṃ kāḷakatānaṃ dakkhiṇaṃ anupadassati); A III 43 (the same); I 155 f.; V 132 (p. ñātisālohita); M I 33; S I 61 = 204; Snp 585, 590, 807 (petā-kāḷakatā = matā Nidd I 126); Ja V 7 (= mata commentary); Pv I 5 7 ; I 12 1 ; II 6 10 . As pubba-peta ("deceased-before") at A II 68; III 45; IV 244; Ja II 360. 2. (unhappy ghosts) S II 255 f.; Vin IV 269 (contrasted with purisa, yakkha and tiracchāna-gata); A V 269 (dānaṃ petānaṃ upakappati); Ja IV 495 f. (yakkhā pisācā petā, cf. preta-piśācayoḥ MBh 13, 732); Vibh 412 f.; Saddh 96 f. °manussapeta a ghost in human form Ja III 72; V 68; Vv-a 23. The later tradition on petas in their various classes and states is reflected in Miln 294 (4 classes: vantāsikā, khuppipāsā, nijjhāma-taṇhikā, paradattūpajīvino) and 357 (appearance and fate); Vism 501 = Vibh-a 97 (as state of suffering, with narakā, tiracchā, asurā); Vibh-a 455 (as nijjhāmataṇhikā, khuppipāsikā, paradatt'upajīvino). 3. (happy ghosts) mahiddhikā petī Pv I 10 1 ; yakkha mahiddhika Pv IV 1 54 ; vimānapeta mahiddhika Pv-a 145; peta mahiddhika Pv-a 217. [Cf. BHS pretamahardhika Divy 14]. — feminine petī Vin IV 20; Ja I 240; Pv I 6 2 ; Pv-a 67 and passim . Vimānapetī Pv-a 47, 50, 53 and in Vimānavatthu passim . -upapattika born as a peta Pv-a 119; -katha (pubba°) tales (or talk) about the dead (not considered orthodox) D I 8, cf. Sv I 90; A V 128; -kicca duty towards the deceased (i.e. death-rites) Ja II 5; Dhp-a I 328; -rājā king of the petas (i.e. Yama) Ja V 453 (°visayaṃ na muñcati "does not leave behind the realm of the Peta king"); commentary explains by petayoni and divides the realm into petavisaya and kāḷakañjaka-asura-visaya; -yoni the peta realm Pv-a 9, 35, 55, 68, 103 and passim ; -loka the peta world Saddh 96; -vatthu a peta or ghost-story; name of one (perhaps the latest) of the canonical books belonging to the Suttanta-Piṭaka Pj I 12; Sv I 178 (Aṅkura°).
【形】 死的，已故的。【陽】 鬼。~kicca,【中】 喪事。~yoni,【陰】鬼的狀態。~loka,【陽】鬼的世界。~vatthu,【中】鬼故事。
(pp, pp of peti) departed; deceased; dead dead, departed [lit.] gone forward Construction: pa + e + ta
(masc, masc, from peti) departed; deceased; dead [lit.] gone forward Construction: pa + e + ta
(masc, masc) afflicted spirit, hungry ghost [lit.] gone forward Construction: pa + e + ta