यक्षyakṣa

यक्ष (yakṣa) m. N. of a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Viṣṇu; described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Kaśyapa, of Khasā or Krodhā; also as produced from the feet of Brahmā; though generally regarded as beings of a benevolent and inoffensive disposition, like the Yakṣa in Kālidāsa's Megha-dūta, they are occasionally classed with Piśācas and other malignant spirits, and sometimes said to cause demoniacal possession; as to their position in the Buddhist system See Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 206, 218 ), Up.; GṛS.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ID=169016]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 237-a3]
यक्ष (yakṣa) yakṣ-á, n. [speeder], supernatural being,
spectre, ghost (V.); m. N. of a class of demigods,
attendants of Kubera: -tā, f., -tva, n.
condition of a Yakṣa; -dara, m. (?) N. of
a locality; -dāsī, f. N.; -dṛś, a. having a
spectral appearance (RV.¹); -deva-gṛha,
n. Yakṣa temple; -pati, m. lord of the
Yakṣas; ep. of Kubera; -bhavana, n.
Yakṣa temple; -bhṛt, a. spectre-bearing
(?; RV.¹); -rāj, m. king of the Yakṣas, ep. of
Kubera; -rāja, m. id.; -aṅganā, f. wife of
a Yakṣa; -adhipa, -adhipati, m. id.; m. id.; -āyatana, n. Yakṣa temple. [ID=14621]

यक्ष (yakṣa) m. (-क्षः (-kṣaḥ)) [ID=31135]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 607-a]
यक्ष (yakṣa) (क्षः) ((kṣaḥ)) 1. m. A demigod attendant on Kuvera; Kuvera; residence of Indra. f. (क्षी (kṣī)) Kuvera's wife. [ID=30690]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 589-03]
यक्ष (yakṣa) m. 1. A class of demigods, attendant on Kubera and employed in guarding his treasures, यस्यां यक्ष (yakṣa)ाः सितमणिमयान्येत्य हर्म्यस्थलानि (yasyāṃ yakṣāḥ sitamaṇimayānyetya harmyasthalāni)  Megh. ii.3,  Bg. x.23, xi.22; 2. a ghost, an evil spirit; 3. the palace of Indra. [ID=31093]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 581-b]
यक्ष (yakṣa) [ID=32331]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 0730-a]
यक्ष (yakṣa) yakṣa (vb. yaj), I. m. 1. A [ID=11657]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 423]
यक्ष (yakṣa) n. a supernatural being or apparition, ghost, spirit; m. a class of genii, attendants on Kubera (f. ई (ī)); abstr. °ता (°tā)† f., °त्व (°tva)† n. [ID=25528]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 221-b]
yakṣá, n. spirit or sprite or ghost; as m. a Yaksha, one of a class of fabulous genii, attendants of Kubera. [perhaps ‘a restless one,’ √yakṣ: for connection of mgs of root and deriv., cf. the converse relation of Eng. spirit or sprite to sprightly, ‘brisk, stirring,’ and cf. Scott's “restless sprite.”] [ID=3366]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 0801-a]
Yakṣa, am, n. (the neut. form is found only in Ved.), a living supernatural being (or a being deserv- ing of worship, cf. rt. 1. yaj), an unsubstantial or spiritual apparition, a ghost, spirit; (according to Sāy.) worship, adoration (= pūjā); sacrifice (= yajña); anything honoured or revered; (as), m., N. of certain mythical beings or demigods who, like the Guhyakas, are attendants on Kuvera, the god of wealth, and employed in the care of his garden and treasures, (they are variously described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Krodhā, of Kaś- yapa; or in Hari-vaṃśa 11794. as sprung from the feet of Brahmā; according to the Vāyu-Purāṇa they were descended from Khasā or Khaśā, who had two sons, Yakṣa and Rakṣas, severally the progenitors of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa 1. 5. narrates that they were produced by Brahmā as beings emaciate with hunger, of hideous aspect, and with long beards, and that crying out ‘let us eat,’ they were denominated Yakṣas, [fr. jakṣ, to eat]; in the Brahma-Purāṇa thirteen Yakṣas are appointed
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by Viṣṇu as guardians of a particular city; though generally regarded as beings of a benevolent and inoffensive disposition, like the Yakṣa described in Kālidāsa's Megha-dūta, they are nevertheless occa- sionally classed with Piśācas and other malignant spirits; the Buddhists give them a prominent posi- tion, describing them in some of their legends as cruel demons who feast on human flesh and have the power of raising storms; in others, as harmless beings who delight in songs, dances, &c.); a sub- division of a Vyantara (with Jainas); N. of Kuvera; of a Muni; of the palace of Indra; (ī), f. a female Yakṣa; N. of Kuvera's wife; (as, ā, am), a Vedic word said to be formed fr. the Aor. of rt. 1. yaj, and used at the end of a comp. —Yakṣa-kar- dama, as, m. an ointment or perfumed paste con- sisting of camphor, agallochum, musk, and kakkola, or, according to some, saffron, in equal proportions; (according to others the ointment also contains sandal-wood.) —Yakṣa-kūpa, as, m. ‘Yakṣa- tank,’ N. of a place. —Yakṣa-graha, as, m. ‘the being possessed by Yakṣas,’ N. of a particular kind of insanity. —Yakṣagraha-paripīḍita, as, ā, am, afflicted with the preceding insanity. —Yakṣa-taru, us, m. ‘Yakṣa-tree, ’ the Indian fig-tree. —Yakṣa- tā, f. or yakṣa-tva, am, n. the state or condition of a Yakṣa, the being a Yakṣa. —Yakṣa-dara, N. of a district. —Yakṣa-dāsī, f., N. of a wife of Śūdraka. —Yakṣa-dṛś, k, k, k, Ved. having the look or appearance of a Yakṣa, having a living or visible appearance, bodily, corporeal, (but according to Sāy. = utsavasya draṣṭā, a gazer or spectator at a festival.) —Yakṣa-dhūpa, as, m. the resin of Shorea Robusta; resin in general; incense. —Yak- ṣa-nāyaka, as, m., N. of the servant of the fourth Arhat of the present Ava-sarpiṇī. —Yakṣa-pati, is, m. a king of the Yakṣas; N. of Kuvera. —Yakṣa-pāla, as, m., N. of a king. —Yakṣa- bali, is, m. an oblation to the Yakṣas. —Yakṣa- bhṛt, t, t, t, Ved. ‘Yakṣa-bearing,’ nourishing or supporting the Yakṣas; receiving worship, receiving that which is honoured; (Sāy. = pūjitaṃ havir- ādikaṃ dadhānaḥ.) —Yakṣa-malla, as, m. (with Buddhists) N. of one of the five Lokeśvaras. —Yak- ṣa-rasa, as, m. a kind of intoxicating drink. —Yakṣa-rāj, ṭ, m. ‘king of the Yakṣas,’ N. of Kuvera; of Maṇi-bhadra; a palæstrum or place pre- pared for wrestling and boxing. —Yakṣa-rāja, as, m. ‘Yakṣa-king,’ N. of Kuvera. —Yakṣarāṭ-purī, f., N. of Alakā, the capital of Kuvera (supposed to be situated on mount Kailāsa). —Yakṣa-rātri, is, f. ‘the night of the Yakṣas,’ N. of a Hindū festival (= dīpālī, q. v.). —Yakṣa-varman, ā, m., N. of a commentator on Śākaṭāyana. —Yakṣa-vitta, as, ā, am, one whose property is like that of the Yakṣas, one who has merely the guardianship of property and does not make use of it himself. —Yakṣa- sena, as, m., N. of a king. —Yakṣa-sthala, as, m. (?), N. of a place. —Yakṣāṅganā (°ṣa-aṅ°), f. a Yakṣa woman. —Yakṣāṅgī (°ṣa-aṅ°), f., N. of a river. —Yakṣādhipa (°ṣa-adh°), as or yakṣādhipati (°ṣa-adh°), is, m. ‘lord of the Yakṣas,’ N. of Vaiśravaṇa or Kuvera. —Yakṣā- malaka (°ṣa-ām°), am, n. the fruit of a species of date called Piṇḍa-kharjūra. —Yakṣāvāsa (°ṣa- āv°), as, m. ‘the abode or residence of the Yakṣas,’ the Indian fig-tree. —Yakṣī-tva, am, n. the state or condition of a female Yakṣa, the being a Yakṣī. —Yakṣendra (°ṣa-in°), as, m. a king of the Yakṣas; N. of Kuvera. —Yakṣeś (°ṣa-īś), ṭ, m., N. of the servants of the eleventh and eighteenth Arhat of the present Ava-sarpiṇī. —Yakṣeśa (°ṣa- īśa) or yakṣeśvara (°ṣa-īś°), as, m. a king of the Yakṣas; N. of Kuvera. —Yakṣoḍumbaraka (°ṣa-uḍ°), am, n. the fruit of the Ficus Religiosa. [ID=38268]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 763-2]
Yakṣa¹, pl. (°āḥ), a class of beings: I, 35 (issued from the
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Yakṣas — a semi-celestial group, usually of the class of demons; born of Viśvā and Kaśyapa;¹ followers of Rudra (Śiva), their overlord; their lord, Kubera;² milked the cow- earth, with Vaiśravaṇa as the calf and āma as the vessel;³ worship the Barhiṣad manes;⁴ helped Vṛtra against Indra and went with Satī to Dakṣa's sacrifice;⁵ sport of;⁶ got mokṣa meditating on Hari;⁷ usurped the Ānarta kingdom of Kakudmi when he was absent at Brahmā's court;⁸ came with the gods to see Kṛṣṇa and saw Kṛṣṇa retiring to his own region;⁹ (see Puṇyajanas); vanquished by Rāvaṇa;¹⁰ worship the Pitṛs and ruin the śrāddha;¹¹ their kingdom;¹² their loka;¹³ the nails of Vāmana when he grew.¹⁴
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[Footnote: 1) Bhā. II. 6. 13; VI. 8. 24; X. 6. 27; 62. 19; 85. 41; Br. II. 32.

1-2; 35. 191; 36. 118; M. 6. 46.] 

[Footnote: 2) Bhā. IV. 10. 5; XI. 16. 16; 23.

24; M. 8. 5.] 

[Footnote: 3) Ib. 10. 22.] 

[Footnote: 4) Ib. 15. 4.] 

[Footnote: 5) Bhā. VI. 10. 20; IV. 4.

4, 34.] 

[Footnote: 6) Ib. X. 90. 9.] 

[Footnote: 7) Ib. VII. 7. 50.] 

[Footnote: 8) Ib. IX. 3. 36.] 

[Footnote: 9) Ib. VII.

8. 38; XI. 31. 2.] 

[Footnote: 10) Br. III. 7. 255.] 

[Footnote: 11) Ib. III. 10. 38, 111; 11. 81;

IV. 2. 26; 14. 4; 20. 50; 30. 9; 33. 75.] 

[Footnote: 12) M. 23. 39; 121. 48.] 

[Footnote: 13) Br. IV. 39. 56.] 

[Footnote: 14) M. 246. 54.] 
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of a Muni, R. [ID=169019]

of a son of Śvaphalka, VP. [ID=169020]

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Yakṣa², sg. (do.): III, 1590 (Arjuna asked the Kirāta if [ID=12537]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 3-001]
Yakṣa (I) — a Rākṣasa and a son of Khaśā. As he wanted to eat his own mother, he got the name of Yakṣa; of four hands and four feet, a fearful figure wandering in the night in search of prey; took the form of Vasuruci and lived with the apsaras Krathusthalā in Nandana; she bore him a son Rajatanābha; went home in the Himālayas with the son, when Krathusthalā came to know of his birth as a Rākṣasa. Br. III. 7. 60, 100-17; 22. 14; 41. 30; 71. 111; Vā. 69. 160, 167. [ID=11120]

Yakṣa (II) — a son of Gāndinī. Vā. 96. 110. [ID=11121]

यक्षी (yakṣī) a (ई (ī)), f. a female Yakṣa, MBh.; R. &c. (यक्षी (yakṣī)णाम् प्रथमा यक्षी (yakṣī) (yakṣīṇām prathamā yakṣī) = दुर्गा (durgā), Hariv.) [ID=169024]

N. of Kubera's wife, L. [ID=169025]

a dog, L. [ID=169022]

(H2) [Printed book page 838,2]
यक्ष (yakṣa) n. a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit, RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; GṛŚrS. (accord. to some native Comms. = यज्ञ (yajña), पुजा (pujā), पूजित (pūjita) &c.) [ID=169015]

(H2B) [Printed book page 838,2]
यक्षा (yakṣā) (आ (ā)), f. N. of a woman, HPariś. [ID=169023]

N. of Kubera, VarYogay. [ID=169018]

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Yakṣa³, sg., said of Dharma assuming the form of a Y.: [ID=12538]

(with Jainas) a subdivision of the Vyantaras [ID=169017]

of Indra's palace, L. [ID=169021]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 677]
यक्ष (yakṣa) r. 10th cl. (यक्ष (yakṣa)यते (yakṣayate)) To worship, to honour or adore. [ID=31134]

यक्ष (yakṣa) [Printed book page 2-182]
Yakṣa is found several times in the Rigveda¹ and the Athar- vaveda² in passages in which Ludwig³ sees the meaning of a feast or holy practice in accordance with the native com- mentators. It is, however, very doubtful whether this sense ever occurs.⁴
[Footnote: 1) i. 190, 4; iv. 3, 13, v. 70, 4;

vii. 56, 16; 61, 5; x. 88, 13.] 

[Footnote: 2) viii. 9, 25; x. 2, 32; 7, 38; 8, 43;

xi. 2, 24, etc.] 

[Footnote: 3) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 262.] 

[Footnote: 4) Cf. St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.,

and Geldner's full discussion, Vedische

Studien, 3, 126-143.] 
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