ibuzoo: Myths around the world challenge @thewinedarksea & @ibuzooBuddhist Mythology | Yaksh
ibuzoo:Myths around the world challenge @thewinedarksea & @ibuzooBuddhist Mythology | YakshaYaksha 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(yakṣiṇī). -- source link
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