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A ''bhoot'' or ''bhut'' is a supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person, in the popular culture, literature and some ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent. Interpretations of how ''bhoots'' come into existence vary by region and community, but they are usually considered to be perturbed and restless due to some factor that prevents them from moving on (to transmigration, non-being, nirvana, or heaven or hell, depending on tradition). This could be a violent death, unsettled matters in their lives, or simply the failure of their survivors to perform proper funerals.〔 ==Etymology and idiom== ''Bhūta'' is a Sanskrit term that carries the connotations of "past" and "being" and, because it is descended from "''one of the most wide-spread roots in Indo-European — namely, *bheu/ *bhu-''", has similar-sounding cognates in virtually every branch of that language family, e.g., Irish (''bha''), English (''be''), Latvian (''but'') and Persian (''budan''). In Hindustani, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Bengali, Sindhi and other languages of the northern subcontinent, the concept of ''bhoots'' is extensively used in idiom. To be "ridden by the ''bhoot'' of something" (''bhoot sawaar hona'') means to take an obsessive interest in that thing or work unrelentingly towards that goal. Conversely, to "dismount a ''bhoot''" (''bhoot utaarna'') means to break through an obsession or see through a false belief that was previously dearly held. "To look like a ''bhoot''" (''bhoot lagna'') means to look disheveled and unkempt or to dress ridiculously. A house or building that is untidy, unmaintained or deserted when it should not be is sometimes pejoratively called a ''bhoot bangla''. The word has also entered Javanese language of Indonesia through Sanskrit, it is pronounced ''Bhuto'' and generally refers to a malevolent spirit/demonic giant which haunts places, it also refers to the genre of evil giants in wayang stories such as ''Buto Cakil''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhoot (ghost)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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