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A yaksha, who is an incarnation of Bodhisattva Kannon, gives a sermon to folks. A yaksha as a gate guardian ( dvarapala ) at Plaosan temple in Indonesia In Buddhist literature, the yakṣa are the attendants of Vaiśravaṇa , the guardian of the northern quarter, a beneficent god who protects the righteous.
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]
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.
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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
Yaksa or Yaksha may refer to: Yaksa (band), Chinese rock band; Yaksha (Sanskrit Yakṣa), a nature-spirit in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism; Yaksha kingdom, an ancient kingdom in Indian epic literature; Yakkha (disambiguation), also called "Yaksa-sh" Albazin, a village in Russia that was once named Yagsi (Yaksa in Manchu)
In the Yaksha Prashna, Dharmadeva (Yama) appears as a yaksha (nature spirit) in the form of a crane to question Yudhishthira and test his righteousness. Impressed by Yudhishthira's strict adherence to dharma and his answers to the riddles posed, Yama reveals himself as his father, blesses him, and brings his younger Pandava brothers back to life.