Ghost 餓鬼

pretas, hungry spirits, one of the three lower destinies. They are of varied classes, numbering nine or thirty-six, and are in differing degrees and kinds of suffering, some wealthy and of light torment, others possessing nothing and in perpetual torment; some are jailers and executioners of Yama in the hells, others wander to and fro amongst men, especially at night. Their city or region is called 餓鬼城; 餓鬼界. Their destination or path is the 餓鬼趣 or 餓鬼道.

餓鬼

（異類）梵語，薜荔哆Preta，譯曰餓鬼。三途之一，五趣（五道）之一，六趣（六道）之一。前生造惡業、多貪慾者，死後生為餓鬼，常苦於飢渴。又作鬼道、鬼趣、餓鬼道。

餓鬼趣常遭受饑餓的鬼類，由其所受果報不同，而有勝劣。其中略有福德業輕者，則為山林塚廟之神，能得祭品或人間的棄食。次者無威德的，則常不得食，居不淨處，伺求人間蕩滌膿血糞穢。業重者，飢火炎炎，不聞漿水之名，甚至口因渴出火，常受刀杖之苦。