Pāli Dictionary
cosmology
夜叉（やしゃ）；鬼神；非人（人間以外の衆生）；悪鬼；精霊
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
（哲学的・詩的文脈における）個体の魂；人；衆生
(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
初期仏教の宇宙観における非人間存在の広い部類で、下級の霊や鬼から強大な神々にまで及び、その位は文脈によって異なり、詩的表現ではサッカや仏陀自身のような崇高な存在にすら用いられた。
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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