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yakṣa

yakṣá n. a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] (accord. to some native Comms. = yajña, pujā, pūjita &c.)

yakṣá 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 [MWB. 206, 218]), [Up.]; [GṛS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

(with Jainas) a subdivision of the Vyantaras

N. of Kubera, [VarYogay.]

of a Muni, [R.]

of a son of Śvaphalka, [VP.]

of Indra's palace, [L.]

a dog, [L.]