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   preta
   (from the article `Buddhism`) ...of paper, some very large, which are then burned in the evening. The purpose of the celebration is twofold: to remember the dead and to free those ... The two remaining gatis, those of the pretas (`hungry ghosts`) and the hell beings, are mythically important in two ...
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/110
   
   
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   Preta
   Preta, प्रेत (Sanskrit) or Peta (Pāli) or ཡི་དྭགས་ Yidak in (Tibetan) ) is the name for a type of (arguably supernatural) being described in Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Jain texts that undergoes more than human suffering, particularly an extreme degree of hunger and thirst...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preta
   
   

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