preta

Summary

preta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• preta's religion is recorded as Indian religions^[2].
• preta's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion^[3].
• preta's religion is recorded as Taoism^[4].
• preta's religion is recorded as Hinduism^[5].
• preta's religion is recorded as Buddhism^[6].
• preta's religion is recorded as Vietnamese folk religion^[7].
• preta's image is recorded as Pyetta (hungry ghosts).jpg^[8].
• preta's image is recorded as Gaki-Zoushi.jpg^[9].
• preta's image is recorded as Hermitage Museum XX-2398 Sinner Preta (fragment).jpg^[10].
• preta's image is recorded as Ang Thong (2024) Scenes of Buddhist hell at Wat Muang แดนนรก วัดม่วง - img 04.jpg^[11].
• preta's GND ID is recorded as 7573495-3^[12].
• preta's subclass of is recorded as ghost^[13].
• preta's subclass of is recorded as mythical creature^[14].
• preta's subclass of is recorded as nocturnal animal^[15].
• preta's part of is recorded as Q11355419^[16].
• preta's part of is recorded as six saṃsāra realms^[17].
• preta's Commons category is recorded as Preta^[18].
• preta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0623dd^[19].
• preta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• preta's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/preta^[21].
• preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'प्रेत'}^[22].
• preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pi', 'text': '𑀧𑁂𑀢'}^[23].
• preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'my', 'text': 'ပြိတ္တာ'}^[24].
• preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'km', 'text': 'ប្រេត'}^[25].
• preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lo', 'text': 'ເຜດ'}^[26].

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Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Indian religions^[2], a major religious group^[27], founded in -5000^[28]; Chinese folk religion^[3], a religion^[29]; Taoism^[4], a philosophical movement^[30]; Hinduism^[5], a religion^[31]; Buddhism^[6], a religion^[32]; and Vietnamese folk religion^[7], in Vietnam^[33].

Why It Matters

preta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).^[1] preta has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] preta is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]