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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.
Maṇibhadra – A popular figure in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism ॐ☸卐; Mānuṣyayakṣa – One of thirteen yakshas given in the Jain Tattvārtha Bhāṣya 卐; Mārīca – Cursed to become a rakshasa by the sage Agastya ॐ; Mekhila – One of the Twelve Heavenly Generals of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha ☸
In Myanmar, yakshni are known and worshiped as deity guardians in Myanmar folk religion and Burmese folklore, showing the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Burmese culture. Examples include Popa Medaw , the deity guardian of Popa mountain , and the yakshni deity guardian of the Shwedagon Pagoda .
The name is a transliteration of Garuda (Sanskrit: Garuḍa गरुड; Pāli: Garuḷa) a race of enormously gigantic birds in Hinduism, upon which the Japanese Buddhist version is based. The same creature may go by the name of konjichō ( 金翅鳥 , lit. "gold-winged bird", Skr. suparṇa ).
The yaksha are a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots. [21] Having been worshiped in India since before the Vedic period, Hinduism adopted the worship of yaksha like Kubera. Later their worship was adopted by Buddhism.
In East Asian Buddhism, the Twelve Heavenly Generals or Twelve Divine Generals are the protective deities, or yaksha, of Bhaisajyaguru, the buddha of healing.
Rākshasa (Sanskrit: राक्षस, IAST: rākṣasa, pronounced [raːkʂɐsɐ]; Pali: rakkhasa; lit. "preservers") [1] are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently featured in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Folk Islam.
Wrathful deities are a notable feature of the iconography of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, especially in Tibetan art. These types of deities first appeared in India during the late 6th century, with its main source being the Yaksha imagery, and became a central feature of Indian Tantric Buddhism by the late 10th or early 11th century. [2] [1]