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The Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī Sūtra, a text that dates back to fourth century or earlier (translated from the Sanskrit by Kumarajiva), gives a large list of yakshas that reside in the classical cities of ancient India [14] who are invoked to seek the protection of the BuddhaDharma:
Śāli – A yaksha turned into a lion ॐ; Saṇṭhila – One of the Twelve Heavenly Generals of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha ☸; Saudāsa – Aṅgulimāla in a previous life ॐ☸; Sthūṇa – A devotee of Kubera, who exchanges his identity with Shikhandin ॐ; Sthuṇākarṇa – Turns Śikhaṇḍī into a male ॐ; Suketu – A yaksha King ...
According to Jain tradition, Gomukha is depicted as two or four armed yaksha riding on an elephant. [6] As the name suggests, gomukha has the head of a bull. [7] [8] Gomukha carries a goad in left hand and noose in left. In other two lower arms gomukha carries varada and conch. [9]
Another prominent Yaksha found mention in Mahabharata is Sthunakarna. He dwelt in a forest close to the Panchala kingdom. He converted Shikhandini, the daughter of Panchala king Drupada into a male by exchanging his male sexuality with her. Here the Yaksha is addressed as a Guhyaka, the one who dwells in caves or in hidden places.
Yaksha is a name of several nature-spirits in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Yaksha may also refer to: Yaksha kingdom, territory of a mythical tribe in ancient India and ancient Sri Lanka; Yaksha (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia; Yaksha: Ruthless Operations, a 2022 South Korean film
Agnipani was a Yaksha deity in ancient India. His name means "Agni-holder", "Agni" being the fire, for which the later god Agni is well known. [2] The Mathura Museum describes his statue as "Agnipani Yaksha", [3] but Sonya Rhie Quintanilla simply identifies the statue as that of the Vedic God Agni.
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The Bhutesvara Yakshis, Mathura, 2nd century CE.. Yakshinis or Yakshis (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣinī or Yakṣī, Pali: Yakkhiṇī or Yakkhī) are a class of female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious mythologies that are different from Devas and Asuras and Gandharvas or Apsaras.