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A yaksha, who is an incarnation of Bodhisattva Kannon, gives a sermon to folks. In Buddhist literature, the yakṣa are the attendants of Vaiśravaṇa , the guardian of the northern quarter, a beneficent god who protects the righteous.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of Yakshas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology.While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma. ...
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.
The Garuda is a yaksha or guardian for Shantinatha in Jain iconography and mythology. [5] [6] Jain iconography shows Garuda as a human figure with wings and a strand ...
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
The Yaksha kingdom is the mythological kingdom of the yakshas, a race featured in Hinduism. Kubera is referred to as the king of the Yakshas. [1]
The main article for this category is Yaksha; the female equivalent, Yakshini, are also covered. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out ...
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)