masculine
goblin
goblin or sprite
Pisāca [cf. Sanskrit piśāca and Vedic piśāci; to same root as pisuna = Vedic piśuna, and Latin piget, Old High German fehida enmity = Anglo-Saxon faehp ("feud"), connected with root of Gothic fijan to hate; thus pisāca = fiend] 1. a demon, goblin, sprite D I 54 (Text pesācā, v.l. pisācā, explained at Sv I 164 as "pisācā mahanta-mahantā sattā ti vadati"), 93; S I 209; A III 69; Ud 5; Ja I 235; IV 495 (yakkha p. peta); Miln 23; Vv-a 335; Pv-a 198; Saddh 313. — feminine pisācī Ja V 442. 2. [like pisāca-loha referring to the Paiśāca district, hailing from that tribe, cf. the term malla in same meaning and origin] a sort of acrobat, as plural pisācā "tumblers" Miln 191. -nagara town of goblins (cf. yakkha-nagara) Vism 531; -loha [connected with the tribe of the Paiśāca's: Mhbh VII 4819; cf. Paiśācī as one of the Prākrit dialects: Pischel, Pkt Gr. §3] a kind of copper Vibh-a 63 (eight varieties).
(masc, masc) goblin; evil spirit; daemon; devil goblin or sprite