Quotes:Pretas

H. P. Blavatsky

Prêtas. “Hungry demons in popular folk‐lore. “ Shells”, of the avaricious and selfish man after death; “ Elementaries” reborn as Prêtas, in Kâma‐loka, according to the esoteric teachings;

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Pretas