གནོད་སྦྱིན་

JH-ENG

demons in the earth, air, or lower heavens

JH-SKT, YOGA

yakSa

JH-SKT

{C,L}*

OT

[1553] 1) mi min lha 'dre'i rigs/ ... 

2) nor lha'i bye brag 'ga'/ ...

JH-C

these demons are malignant, violent, and devourerers of human flesh; yakSas are also the eight attendanats of Kuvera (or VaizravaNa), the god of wealth; those on earth bestow wealth, those in the empyrean realms houses and carriages; those in the lower heavens guard the moat and gates of the heavenly city

DM

See ཤིང་ཀུན་.

JV, RB, RY

spirit

JV

goblins, 1 of སྡེ་བརྒྱད་, set of deities or demons which haunt mountains, *, harm-givers, yakshas, harmers, those who cause disturbances, yaksha of the Indian tradition

IW

1) yaksha; 

2) kind of wealth deity

RB

yaksha */ harmbringer

RY

Yaksha. A class of semi divine beings, generally benevolent but sometimes wicked. Many are powerful local divinities, others live on Mount Sumeru, guarding the realm of the gods. yaksha/ harm bringer; a class of beings included in the deva realm, a class of powerful guardian spirits, can both help and harm, elf, mountain spirits. Yaksha, one of the eight kind of gods and spirits (lha srin sde brgyad)