Pāli Dictionary

yakkha

approximate

yakkhrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yakkh8worship

Synonyms

atta

cosmology

  • yakkha; a class of non-human beings; spirit; demon; ogre; supernatural being (either protective or malevolent)

  • SN 1.20

    sace vijānāsi vadehi yakkhā'ti.

  • SN 1.43

    annam'ev'ābhinandanti, ubhaye devamānusā, atha ko nāma so yakkho, yaṃ annaṃ n'ābhinandatī'ti.

doctrine

  • (in philosophical or poetic context) individual soul; person; living being

  • Snp 4.11

    yaṃ taṃ apucchimha akittayī no, aññaṃ taṃ pucchāma tadiṅgha brūhi, ettāvat'aggaṃ nu vadanti h'eke, yakkhassa suddhiṃ idha paṇḍitāse, udāhu aññam'pi vadanti etto.

Encyclopedia

Yakkhā
Other

  • A broad class of non-human beings in early Buddhist cosmology, ranging from minor spirits and ogres to powerful deities, whose rank varies by context and which in poetic usage was even applied to figures as exalted as Sakka or the Buddha himself.

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