Yaksh, Yakṣ: 10 definitions
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Yaksh means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Yakṣ can be transliterated into English as Yaks or Yaksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYakṣ (यक्ष्).—I. 1 Ā. (yakṣayate) To honour, worship, adore; रक्षाम इति तत्रान्यैर्यक्षाम इति चापरैः (rakṣāma iti tatrānyairyakṣāma iti cāparaiḥ) Rām.7.4.12. -II. 1 P. (yakṣati) To stir, move.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣ (यक्ष्).—r. 10th cl (yakṣayate) To worship, to honour or adore.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣ (यक्ष्).—i, 10, [Ātmanepada.] To worship, to honour (cf. yaj).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣ (यक्ष्).—yakṣati yakṣate [with] pra press on, strive after ([accusative]), overtake.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣ (यक्ष्):—(perhaps [Desiderative] of a √yah, from which yahu and yahva) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] yakṣati, te, ([probably]) to be quick, speed on (only in pra-√yakṣ q.v.; and once in yakṣāmas, to explain yakṣa, [Rāmāyaṇa vii, 4, 12]), [class] 10. [Ātmanepada] yakṣayate, to worship, honour, [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 19.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣ (यक्ष्):—yakṣayate 1. d. To worship.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Yakṣ (यक्ष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jakkha.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryYaksh in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a class of mythological demi-gods; ~[nayaka/pati] Kuber—the chief of yakshas and the god of wealth..—yaksh (यक्ष) is alternatively transliterated as Yakṣa.
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Starts with (+108): Yaksha, Yaksha-dvara, Yakshabali, Yakshabhavana, Yakshabhrit, Yakshadanta, Yakshadara, Yakshadasi, Yakshadatta, Yakshadeva, Yakshadevagriha, Yakshadhipa, Yakshadhipati, Yakshadhupa, Yakshadigvijaya, Yakshadrish, Yakshadvipa, Yakshagana, Yakshaganesha, Yakshagraha.
Ends with: Adhyaksh, Amyaksh, Apamyaksh, Apratyaksh, Iyaksh, Kuladhyaksh, Mahabaladhyaksh, Miyaksh, Myaksh, Nimyaksh, Panjikadhyaksh, Paramyaksh, Pratyaksh, Prayaksh, Pustakalayadhyaksh, Sammyaksh, Samyaksh, Shikshadhyaksh, Upadhyaksh, Vyaksh.
Full-text (+71): Jakkha, Yaksha, Yakshu, Yakshman, Prayaksha, Yakshya, Yakshma, Yaka, Yakshana, Yakshesha, Yakshaprashna, Yakshinisadhana, Yakshinikavaca, Yakshinimantra, Yakshan, Yakshinivetalasadhana, Yakshangi, Yakshadigvijaya, Yakshinipatala, Yaksheshvaramedhiya.
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The Way of the White Clouds (by Anāgarika Lāma Govinda)
Chapter 45 - The Valley of the Moon Castle < [Part 4 - Return to Western Tibet]
Chapter 44 - A Bon Monastery < [Part 4 - Return to Western Tibet]
Chapter 51 - Trek over the frozen river < [Part 4 - Return to Western Tibet]
Om Mani-Padme Hum < [April – June, 1986]
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXVII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 13: Sixth incarnation of Kamaṭha < [Chapter II - Previous births of Pārśvanātha]
Part 13: Rāma’s aid to Janaka < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]
Part 12: Bāhubali becomes a sādhu and attains omniscience < [Chapter V]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 213 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Sculptures from Kaushambi < [Chapter 4]