Pāli Dictionary

yakkha

yakkhrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yakkh8祭祀；供養

Synonyms

atta

cosmology

  • 夜叉；非人眾生（鬼神、惡魔、精靈等，或具保護性，或具傷害性）

  • 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

  • （哲學或詩歌語境中的）個體靈魂；人；眾生

  • (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

  • 早期佛教宇宙觀中一類非人眾生的統稱，涵蓋從低階精怪、夜叉鬼到強大天神不等，其地位隨語境而異，詩體用語中甚至用來稱呼帝釋天乃至佛陀本身。

  • 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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