Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "餓鬼" in Chinese language version.
Preta literally means ‘one who has gone away from here’. This word is generally used to indicate the disembodied spirit of a dead person, especially during the first ten days after death. In order to free it from that state, a handful of water mixed with sesame has to be offered to the deceased on a stone placed on kuśa grass and one large pirida is to be offered on kuśa grass everyday for ten days.（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
「閻王」非佛教所獨創的語詞，而是源於《吠陀》的印度宗教觀念……古時印度認為「閻王」對於任何人擁有裁定權的絕對性，不管造善、造惡者都要死後經由他的判定……《阿含經》中「閻王」的出現，不同當時印度其他宗教所以為，人死後須經由「閻王」審判其罪刑，並且擁有對死者的裁判權。佛教則以為：人在身壞命終時，應該為自己所做的罪業負責……這類人因為生前所造作的種種惡行，死後生到閻王境界，也就是地獄，之後被閻王使者送到閻王的住所，準備接受治罪。在《雜阿含》也提出，生地獄就是生前行十不善業之人。如依上面所列的條件，並不是每個人死後都會見到「閻王」，這與印度教以為凡是死者，不論生前行善或造惡，都要見閻王的說法，有不一致之處，至少善人在佛教認為是不必見到「閻王」的另一類人，他們已隨善業往生善處。
When a person dies then he becomes a preta (Ghost). Generally this phase is temporary and as soon as the funeral rites are over, the preta state is over and the jiva then gets the status of Pitru (manes or forefathers). However, if the funeral rites are not duly performed or the death and actions of the person is not good then he may get stuck in the limbo or preta phase（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
When a person dies then he becomes a preta (Ghost). Generally this phase is temporary and as soon as the funeral rites are over, the preta state is over and the jiva then gets the status of Pitru (manes or forefathers). However, if the funeral rites are not duly performed or the death and actions of the person is not good then he may get stuck in the limbo or preta phase（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
Preta literally means ‘one who has gone away from here’. This word is generally used to indicate the disembodied spirit of a dead person, especially during the first ten days after death. In order to free it from that state, a handful of water mixed with sesame has to be offered to the deceased on a stone placed on kuśa grass and one large pirida is to be offered on kuśa grass everyday for ten days.（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
