The body of inflications is the astral or Kamic body, in Bhuta, Preta and Pisacha Loka, where the Jiva undergoes inflictions.
These consist chiefly of oblations on each of the ten days following death, for the purpose of causing the preta (spirit) to grow out of the Dhananjaya Vayu, which causes deformities and changes in the deceased after death.
On the twelfth day is the sapinda karana sraddha, or ceremony of what may be called joining the fathers, after which the dead person passes from the stage of preta to join the manes or spirits.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preta" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
