Thereupon Brave-In-Giving Bodhisattva said to the Buddha: … If he keeps these dhārānis, this teacher of the Dharma will not have his weak points taken advantage of by any yakṣa, rākṣasa, pūtana, kṛtya, kumbhāṇḍa or hungry spirit.”

Pūtana is an inauspicious demon [haunting the people] of the world. One, when afflicted by the disease caused by it, is bound to die. Kṛtya is a demon arising from a corpse.