- Yakkhini). In Hindu, Jain and
Buddhist texts, the
yakṣas have a dual personality. On the one hand, a
yakṣa may be an
inoffensive nature-fairy, ****ociated...
-
Yaksa or
Yaksha may
refer to:
Yaksa (band),
Chinese rock band
Yaksha (Sanskrit
Yakṣa), a nature-spirit in Hinduism, Jainism, and
Buddhism Yaksha kingdom...
-
guardian of the
north and king of the
yakṣas. In East Asia, they are also
variously known as the
Eight Great Yakṣas (八大藥叉), the
Eight Great Heavenly Kings...
-
Yakshagana is a
traditional theatre,
developed in
Dakshina Kannada, Udupi,
Uttara Kannada,
Shimoga and
western parts of
Chikmagalur districts, in the state...
-
Bhumibol Adulyadej of
Thailand Vaiśravaṇa of the
north direction, king of
yakṣas. Virūḍhaka of the
south direction, king of kumbhāṇḍas. Dhṛtarāṣṭra of the...
-
outcome of the
situation and
hastened to the
yakṣa's lair.
While Āṭavaka was away with an ****embly of
yakṣas in the Himalayas, the
Buddha was
greeted by...
-
commander of Kubera's army of
yakṣas. He
appears in the
tantric text "Great Pea****-Queen Spell,"
which portrays him as a
heroic yakṣa general and
invokes Nalakūvara's...
- Vajrayakṣa (金剛夜叉明王 or 金剛夜叉明王 in Chinese) is one of the Five
Wisdom Kings. He is a
manifestation of Amoghasiddhi. He goes by many
names including Kongō-yasha...
- but
concludes that "although by the
second century CE the elephant-headed
yakṣa form
exists it
cannot be
presumed to
represent Gaṇapati-Vināyaka. There...
-
Sanskrit m****cripts from
ancient India. The
textual evidence in the
works of
Yaksa, Panini, and
Patanajali affirms that
classical Sanskrit in
their era was...
