Preta (
Sanskrit) or Peta (
Pāli), Tibetan yi.dvags, is the name for a type of
supernatural being described in
Buddhist,
Hindu and
Jain texts that undergoes more than human
suffering, particularly an extreme degree of hunger and thirst. They are often translated into English as "
Hungry ghosts", from the Chinese, which in turn is derived from later Indian sources generally followed in Mahayana Buddhism. In early sources such as the
Petavatthu, they are much more varied. The descriptions below apply mainly in this narrower context.
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[Japanese] The Japanese expression for the "hungry ghosts". In Zen monasteries it is customary to make a small food offering to the gaki before beginning to eat a meal.
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