Definitions for Yaksha
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WiktionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. yakshanoun

   a spirit that watches over the treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots

2. Etymology: From यक्ष.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yaksha

   The yakshas (Sanskrit: यक्ष yakṣa; Pali: yakkha) are a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or capricious, connected with water, fertility, trees, the forest, treasure and wilderness. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts, as well as ancient and medieval era temples of South Asia and Southeast Asia as guardian deities. The feminine form of the word is yakṣī or yakshini (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी yakṣiṇī; Pali:Yakkhini).In Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts, the yakṣa has a dual personality. On the one hand, a yakṣa may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; but there is also a darker version of the yakṣa, which is a kind of ghost (bhuta) that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travellers, similar to the rakṣasas.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yakshanoun

   a kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth

2. Etymology: [Skr.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.8 / 5 votes

1. Yaksha

   Yaksha is the name of a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist literature. The feminine form of the word is yakṣī or Yakshini. In Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist texts, the yakṣa has a dual personality. On the one hand, a yakṣa may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; but there is also a darker version of the yakṣa, which is a kind of ghost that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travelers, similar to the rakṣasas. In Kālidāsa's poem Meghadūta, for instance, the yakṣa narrator is a romantic figure, pining with love for his missing beloved. By contrast, in the didactic Hindu dialogue of the Yakṣapraśnāḥ "Questions of the Yakṣa", it is a tutelary spirit of a lake that challenges Yudhiṣṭhira. The yakṣas may have originally been the tutelary gods of forests and villages, and were later viewed as the steward deities of the earth and the wealth buried beneath. In Indian art, male yakṣas are portrayed either as fearsome warriors or as portly, stout and dwarf-like. Female yakṣas, known as yakṣiṇīs, are portrayed as beautiful young women with happy round faces and full breasts and hips.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Yaksha

   a species of gnome in the Hindoo mythology.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Yaksha in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Yaksha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yaksha
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaksha
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yaksha
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Yaksha
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Yaksha