yakshan.

1785 C. 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!

1810 E. 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.

1882 A. Barth Relig. of India v. 164 Civa..sits enthroned on Kailâsa, the fabulous mountain of the North..surrounded and waited on by the Yakshas.

1928 A. K. Coomaraswamy Yakṣas I. 17 The essential element of a Yakṣa holystead is a stone table or altar..placed beneath the tree sacred to the Yakṣa.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Dec. 1042/1 The important part played by yakshas in Buddhist religion and art is incontestable.

1963 Times 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.

1971 Illustr. 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.

1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 570/2 This seated yakṣa, perhaps Kubera, from Nagpur District..has only recently come to light.