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External physical pain caused by Satan or demons. Infestation, which affects houses, objects/things, or animals; and; Subjection, in which a person voluntarily submits to Satan or demons. In the Roman Ritual, true demonic or Satanic possession has been characterized since the Middle Ages, by the following four typical characteristics: [16] [17]
In Islam, the belief that spiritual entities—particularly, jinn —can possess a person, (or a thing or location), [1] is widespread; as is the belief that the jinn and devils can be expelled from the possessed person (or thing/location) through exorcism. This practice is called al-'azm[2]: 98 or ruqya (Arabic: رقية, romanized: ruqya ...
The churel is known as the Pichal Peri in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, Petni/Shakchunni in the Bengal region, and Pontianak in Malaysia and Indonesia. The word "churel" is also often used colloquially or mistakenly for a witch in India and Pakistan. [2] Churel have remained prevalent in modern-day literature, cinema, television, and ...
Sutra (Sanskrit: सूत्र, romanized: sūtra, lit. 'string, thread') [1] in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. [1][2]
Dybbuk, by Ephraim Moshe Lilien (1874–1925). In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (/ ˈdɪbək /; Yiddish: דיבוק, from the Hebrew verb דָּבַק dāḇaq meaning 'adhere' or 'cling') is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. [1] It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its ...
Glossary of Hinduism terms. Jagannatha (Odia: ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ, romanized:Jagannātha, lit. 'Lord of the Universe'; formerly English: Juggernaut) is a deity worshipped in regional Hindu traditions in India as part of a triad along with his (Krishna 's) brother Balabhadra, and sister, Subhadra. Jagannath, within Odia Hinduism, is the ...
Abstaining from the commitment of five kinds of sins (injury, falsehood, stealing, unchastity, and attachment) by way of doing these by oneself, causing these to be done, and approval when done by others, through the three kinds of activity (of body, speech, and thought), constitutes the great vows (mahāvrata) of celebrated ascetics.
According to the Monier-Williams dictionary, Shakti (Śakti) is the Sanskrit feminine term meaning "energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability", and "capacity for" or "power over". [1][2] Though the term Shakti has broad implications, it mostly denotes "power or energy". [2] Metaphysically, Shakti refers to the "energetic ...