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‖ yaksha Indian Mythol.|ˈjakʃa|
Also yaksa, and with capital initial. Fem. yakshī, yakˈshiṇī.
[Skr. yakṣa, fem. yakṣī, yakṣiṇī.]
a. Any of a class of demi-gods or nature spirits, often inoffensive tutelary guardians of a place; esp. one attendant upon Kubera, the god of wealth.
b. A statue or carving representing one of these.
1785C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā xi. 92 The Găndhărvs and the Yăkshăs, with the holy tribes of Soors, all stand gazing on thee, and all alike amazed! 1810E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 276 His servants and companions are the Yakshas and Guhyakas, into whose forms transmigrate the souls of those men who in this life are addicted to sordid and base passions, or absorbed in worldly prosperity. 1882A. Barth Religions of India v. 164 Civa..sits enthroned on Kailâsa, the fabulous mountain of the North..surrounded and waited on by the Yakshas. 1928A. K. Coomaraswamy Yaksas I. 17 The essential element of a Yakṣa holystead is a stone table or altar..placed beneath the tree sacred to the Yakṣa. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Dec. 1042/1 The important part played by yakshas in Buddhist religion and art is incontestable. 1963Times 12 Feb. 12/4 The highest price of the afternoon was..paid..for a fifth century..carving of a Yakshi or tree nymph, probably part of a pillar. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 9/1 (caption) Each Tirthankara is identified by the tree under which the vows of asceticism were taken and the attendant yakshas and yakshinis. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXV. 570/2 This seated yakṣa, perhaps Kubera, from Nagpur District..has only recently come to light. |