Pāli Dictionary

yakkha

yakkhrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yakkh8祭祀；供养

Synonyms

atta

cosmology

  • 夜叉；非人众生（鬼神、恶魔、精灵等，或具保护性，或具伤害性）

  • 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

  • （哲学或诗歌语境中的）个体灵魂；人；众生

  • (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

Yakkhā
Otherapproximate

  • 早期佛教宇宙观中一类非人众生的统称，涵盖从低阶精怪、夜叉鬼到强大天神不等，其地位随语境而异，诗体用语中甚至用来称呼帝释天乃至佛陀本身。

  • 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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