A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Yaksa
This page describes Yaksa which is located on page 618 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Yaksa” according to 79 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: तस्मात् प्रेम प्रकर्तव्यं शङ्खचूडे यदूद्वह यक्ष-राट् च त्वया कंसे कर्तव्यं प्रेम निश्चितम् tasmat prema prakartavyam shankhacude yadudvaha yaksha-rat ca tvaya kamse kartavyam prema nishcitam tasmat—therefore; prema—love; prakartavyam—should be done; shankhacude—for Shankhacuda; yadudvaha—O king of the Yadus; yaksha-rat—the king of the yaksa; ca—and; tvaya—by you; kamse—for Kamsa; kartavyam—should be done; prema—love; nishcitam—certainly....
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Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) [by Geetika Kaw Kher]
A lion and a yaksha flank him to the right and left respectively. [Illustration 12. Ithyphallic Siva, 1st-2nd CE, Musanagar pillar, Muktadevi temple] In these early depictions Siva is shown alone, his female counterpart absolutely absent again proving him to be a god of ascetics....
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List of Mahabharata people and places [by Laxman Burdak]
Yadava (yadava, यादव) (descendants of Yadu) (I.70.2), (1.75), (I.90.10), (1.95) Yadu (yadu, यदु) (I.63.30), (I.63),(I.70.32), (1.75),(I.90.8,10), (1.95) Yagyasena ( yajnasena, यज्ञसेन) (II.31.9), (II.48.28),(II.48.41), Yajana (yajana, यजन) (T) (3.80.114), Yajnavaha (yajnavaha, यज्ञवाह) (IX.44.65), Yajnavalkya (yajnavalkya, याज्ञवल्क्य) (XIII.4.50), (XIII.4), Yakrila (yakrila, यकृल) (VI.10.44), Yakrilloman (yakrillomana, यकृल्लॊमाञ) (IV.5.4), Yaksha (yaksha, यक्ष) (I.59.7), (I.65),(I.61.1), (1.67), (...
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