…distasteful to some of the Yakkhas. Such Yakkhas are disposed to molest the followers of the Buddha in their woodland haunts. Cp. the story of the…

…of, or are inhabited by yakkhas DN.ii.147 (ākiṇṇa-yakkha full of y.; thus Āḷakamandā may here mean all kinds of supra-mundane…

A Yakkha who tried to frighten the Buddha, but who, later, became his disciple. Ud.4–5

…The mother of the Yakkha Piyaṅkara, while wandering in search of food, heard him at night reciting some verses from the Dhammapada and…

…quite dark, but a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka, sped him on with words of encouragement. By force of his piety the darkness vanished.

The Buddha was…

…gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four unhappy rebirths or evil…

…yakkha chief to whom disciples of the Buddha should make appeal in time of need….

…as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in case of need. DN.iii.204 He once visited Lomasakaṅgiya at the…

…the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the…

…Kumbhandas, Nāgas and Yakkhas, all of whom dwell in the same world as their lords and accompany them on their travels. These kings are…

A Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by disciples of the Buddha in times of need. DN.iii.205

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

…youth Māgha, Snp.p.86 the Yakkha Inda, SN.i.206 Sakka, SN.i.233 SN.iv.102 the Paribbājaka Sajjha, AN.iv.371 the Kassapagotta monk, AN.i.237…

One of the Yakkha chieftains, to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.205

A Yakkha chief who should be invoked when unbelieving Yakkhas molest any follower of the Buddha. DN.iii.204

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

A Yakkha chieftain to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

…; and of Kuvera, king of the Yakkhas. DN.iii.202 Further on in the same sutta, Inda is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa and others as a Yakkha, to whom…

A peak near Rājagaha, the abode of the yakkha Indaka. The Buddha once lived there. SN.i.206

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…preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by the…

…friend to an assembly of yakkhas, yielded, despite the warning of his friend, to the temptation to give a knock on the monk’s shining head….

A Yakkha, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as being one of the chief Yakkhas who should be invoked by followers of the Buddha when they need…

A yakkha, friend of Sūciloma. He was passing through Gayā with Sūciloma when the latter questioned the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in…

…of which, Dīgha Parajana Yakkha sang the praises of all three. MN.i.205ff. Their number was increased by the presence of Bhagu,…

One of the great Yakkhas, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204…

One of the greater Yakkhas who should be invoked by a follower of the Buddha when assailed by evil spirits. DN.iii.204

A class of spirits mentioned with Yakkhas, Asuras and Nāgas. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king. DN.ii.257 DN.iii.198

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one…

…all called Inda. DN.iii.201f. He rules over the northern clime and is lord of the Yakkhas, with a splendid retinue. DN.ii.257 He is a follower…

One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta…

A yakkha chief, to be invoked by Buddhists in time of need. DN.iii.205

MaṇimālikaMaṇimālaka

A shrine where the Buddha stayed and where he was visited by the Yakkha Maṇibhadda. SN.i.208

4shrine

…over the Buddha’s head. Vin.i.3 Ud.ii.1

Mucalinda²

One of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of…

A Yakkha chief to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. Aiii.205

…arm. Then, in dejection, the Yakkha disappeared thence.“

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.124f. AN.v.46 also contains a sutta in which three…

…in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need.

A Yakkha chieftain. DN.iii.204

A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…Sutta, DN.iii.204 in a list of eminent yakkha generals.

…is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

…the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in times of danger.

one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

PatāyantiPatāyantīBhagalavatī

A place in Uttarakuru where the Yakkhas assemble. The Dīgha Nikāya DN.iii.201 speaks of it as a hall (sabhā).

5building

…possessed know the way to Nibbāna. SN.i.48 It is probably this same deva who is mentioned as a Mahāyakkha in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.205…

A little boy Yakkha. While his mother, with him on her hip, was seeking for food at night, she came unexpectedly to Jetavana where Anuruddha was…

…young Yakkha. SN.i.210

Punabbasu²

One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Panabbasukā, and, together…

…Yakkha chief mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 among those to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in…

A Yakkha, one of the messengers of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

…is also spoken of as Yakkha. MN.i.252 SN.i.206 ; at S.i.47 Māghadevaputta is called Vatrabhū, slayer of Vṛṭra.

Sakka rules over…

Serissaka¹

A Yakkha chieftain to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

Serissaka¹Serīsaka

A…

…Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

…He may be identical with one of the other Sumanas.

Sumana⁴

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked in time of need by followers of the…

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

A Yakkha, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.205

…to go roaming. His former Yakkha mother seeing this, warned his human mother as described in the Sānu Sutta. The latter was overwhelmed with…

A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions….

…was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155f. When the Buddha was staying there, Māra asked him to die. DN.ii.116

In the Sītavana…

Sīvaka¹

A Yakkha who helped Anāthapiṇḍika to find the Buddha at Sītavana.Vin.ii.155f. SN.i.211 He is mentioned among the chief…

A Yakkha. Once, when the Buddha was at the Tankitamañca in Gayā, which was the abode of Sūciloma, Sūciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be…

…got rid of her sad Yakkha-state and obtained heavenly bliss, and took up her residence in a tree near the Buddha’s Fragrant Chamber….

A Yakkha. It is said that whoever, even up to the third time of being asked, refuses to answer a reasonable question put by a Buddha, his head will…

…he is mentioned with Indra and others as a Yakkha chief.

…and descend the mountain in very little time. SN.ii.190f.

Vepulla was the abode of the Yakkha Kumbhīra and his one hundred thousand followers….

…Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

…death, having been born as a Yakkha, revealed himself to her. She was guilty of no transgression of the precepts, could enter into the four…

VīrāCīrā

A certain lay follower gave her a robe, and a Yakkha aware of this, went about praising his piety. SN.i.213

One of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.205

…Bhoganagara dedicated to a yakkha called Ānanda. There the Buddha stayed during his last sojourn, and mention is made of a sermon he preached…

…his dweling, at which the yakkha became angry and threatened the Buddha. He was tamed by the Buddha and asked a series of questions…

…the residence of Āḷavaka Yakkha and of Hatthaka Āḷavaka. The Therī, Selā was born in Āḷavī and was therefore known as Aḷavikā. There…

ṬaṅkitamañcaTaṅkitamañca

A place near Gayā. It was the residence of the Yakkha Sūciloma and the Buddha once stayed there. Snp.p.47f. SN.i.206

near Gayā3shrine

Ghosts: cf. peta yakkha see: loka

…demon, ghost, god, spirit, yakkha Vin.i.277; DN.i.116; SN.i.91, Ja.i.99; Dhs.617; Mil.207; Dhs-a.319; Dhp-a.i.13 (˚pariggahīta haunted);…

…to a non-human (Peta or Yakkha) Pv.ii.12#20 (kāma); Pv.iv.1#57 (as n.); Pv.iv.3#6 (gandha, of Petas)
■ f. ˚ī Dhp.373 (rati = dibbā rati…

…(ur˚, angul˚); Ja.i.265 (yakkhassa sīm˚ inside the yṡ sphere of influence). 3. interval, interstice Vin.ii.116 (sutt˚ in lace); AN.i.124…

…dānava-yakkha-saññitā).

Vedic asura in more comprehensive meaning; connected with Av. ahurō Lord, ahurō mazdā˚;…

sorcerer, wizard, fortune-teller Ja.vi.502 (C.: bhūtavijjā ikkhaṇīka).

ati + yakkha

…cries, a form assumed by the Yakkha Ajakalāpaka, to terrify the Buddha Ud.5 (see also ākulī, where pākula is proposed for bakkula).

=…

…of oblations Ja.ii.17 (yakkha; interpreted by Fick, Sociale Gliederung 79 as “tax-collector,” hardly justified); f. -ikā AN.iii.77…

species of birds Ja.vi.539.

etym.?

…the earth, esp tree gods (Yakkhas) Vv.84#2 (= bhumma-deva Vv-a.334)-nt. ground: Pv.ii.10#2 (yāva bhummā down to the ground); variant reading…

…being, ghost demon, Yakkha; pl. bhūtā guardian genii (of a city Ja.iv.245. See compounds ˚vijja, ˚vejja. 5. (-˚) pp. in…

…teacher of gods (devas and yakkhas and men SN.i.50, SN.i.132, SN.i.206. SN.i.301; AN.i.142; AN.ii.33; AN.iii.65; Snp.157 sq. He is the…

…Pv-a.45 Pv-a.81, etc
■ Yakkhas have none; Ja.v.34; Ja.vi.337. chāyā is frequent in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 87.

Vedic chāyā, light &…

Dasa¹

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

…f deva-dhītā), usually of Yakkhas, but also applied to the 4 archangels having charge of the higher world of the Yāmā devā (viz. Suyāma…

the state of being a deva, divinity Thag-a.70; Pv-a.110 (˚bhāva as Yakkha, opp. petatta bhāva; so read for devatā-bhāva).

deva + tta

“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …

…of the Vimāna-petas or Yakkhas Vv.55#1; Ja.vi.116; Vv-a.6 Vv-a.217, Vv-a.244, Vv-a.291, Vv-a.298 etc. In the same connection we freq….

…kumbhīla˚ of a crocodile yakkha˚ of a demon). sagaha having crocodiles, full of e. (of the ocean) (+ sarakkhasa) Iti.57….

…Snp.989; jānanti taṃ yakkhabhūtā Pv.iv.1#35 paccakkhato ñatvā finding out personally Ja.i.262 Ja.iii.168; cittam me Gotamo jānāti…

…i.e. an ogre; also Name of a Yakkha Ja.v.503, Ja.v.511 (cp. J.P.T.S. 1909, 236 sq.).

Vedic kalmāṣa, which may be referred, with kalana,…

…seat of demons (Petas and Yakkhas freq. in Pv (see above), also Ja.i.395. As diṭṭhi˚; in pass diṭṭhi-gata, etc. MN.i.8, MN.i.486,…

adjective (one) living in or belonging to the desert, the guardian of a wilderness, applied to a Yakkha Vv.84#21 (= Vv-a.341).

from kantāra

…hair; cp. Np. Khara-loma-yakkha Vism.208)
■ -ka khara rough, stony Pv-a.265 (= thaṇḍila). 2. (m.) a donkey, a mule, in…

…eating, living on (adj. ˚), an eater Ja.iv.307; Pv-a.44; lohita-maṃsa˚ (of Yakkhas) Ja.i.133, Ja.i.266; camma˚ Ja.i.176; gūtha˚ (of a…

…anger, epithet of a Yakkha SN.i.238;

• -vinaya the discipline or control of anger AN.i.91; AN.v.165, AN.v.167…

1. a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …

…or genii grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas and Asuras SN.ii.258 (k˚ puriso vehāsaṃ gacchanto); Ja.i.204; Ja.iii.147 (with def.); Mil.267;…

…Bdhd 84; deva˚ Ja.iii.392 yakkha˚ Bdhd 84.

• -kīḷā the amusement of a boy Ja.i.137;
• -pañhā questions suitable…

…and delight; epithet of Yakkhas and of Vessantara (cp. the good fairy) Ja.vi.498, Ja.vi.525; Mhvs.19, Mhvs.9; as sabba˚ Pv.ii.13#8;…

…the blissful states, of Yakkhas, Devas or Devaññataras (Pv.i.3#3 = Pv-a.16), as a reward for former merit usually in combination with…

…eyes (of snakes yakkhas) Vv.52#2 (cp. Vv-a.224: ratta-nayanā; yakkhānaṃ hi nettāni ati-lohitāni honti); Ja.vi.180. *…

…under mada 1); in cpd -yuta intoxicated, a name for the Yakkhas Ja.i.204. Cp. nimmadana.

fr. mad

…cannibal (usually applied to Yakkhas) Vb-a.451.

• -deva (a) “god of men,” i.e. king Pv.ii.8#11; (b) men & gods (?) Vv-a.321…

…Snp.688; Mil.278 (nāga-yakkha-nara-marū perhaps in meaning 2); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.27. 2. gods in general (˚-) Mhvs.15, Mhvs.211 (˚gaṇā…

…Np Yama-moli: see under yakkha 5.

• -galla (?) fat Vin.i.85 (explained by thūla-sarīra; vv. ll moḷi˚ & mukalla).; *…

…Dhp-a.i.280 etc.; cp. yakkha˚ Ja.ii.127
■ Vin.i.277, Vin.i.342, Vin.i.344; Vin.ii.155, Vin.ii.184; DN.ii.7; SN.ii.105 sq.; SN.iv.194…

…angelic servants (of the Yakkhas) Vv.32#4, Vv.33#7 Vv.53#8; Pv.ii.11#2;

• -vīra a hero (?), a skilled man (?) Thag.736…

…(contrasted with purisa, yakkha & tiracchāna-gata) AN.v.269 (dānaṃ petānaṃ upakappati); Ja.iv.495 sq (yakkhā pisācā petā, cp….

…Ud.5; Ja.i.235; Ja.iv.495 (yakkha p. peta); Mil.23; Vv-a.335; Pv-a.198; Sdhp.313
■ f. pisācī Ja.v.442. 2. malla* in…

…Puṇṇabhadda, perhaps a Yakkha (father of the Yakkha Harikesa) Mnd.92 (Vāsuvadeva, Baladeva P. and Maṇibhadda, cp. p. 89); Mil.191 (pisācā…

…“Red-eye” (Ep. of a Yakkha). 3. (fig.) excited, infatuated, impassioned SN.iv.339; Snp.795 (virāga˚); Iti.92 (maccā rattā); Mil.220….

…a tree spirit, dryad, a yakkha inhabiting a tree (rukkhe adhivatthā d. Vin.iv.34; Ja.ii.385; kakudhe adhivatthā d. Vin.i.28) Ja.i.168,…

…or ˚-, as sahassa-yakkha-parivāra Snp-a.209. In combination with other numerals, sahassa is sometimes inflected like an adjective,…

…Ja.i.244; Vism.250; Dhp-a.ii.27.

• -dhāna id. Dhp.58.
• -yakkha a rubbish heap demon Ja.iv.379.

fr….

…needles SN.ii.257; name of a Yakkha at Gayā SN.i.207; Snp.p.48; Snp-a.551; Vism.208.

• -vatta needle-faced, having a mouth…

…i.e. wherever you like of a Yakkha).

2. as (loc.) case of pron. base ta˚ in this, for or about that, etc. Snp.1115 (etam abhiññāya tato tattha…

come to, having reached or attained Snp.1016; Pv-a.117 (yakkhattaṃ); Sdhp.280.

pp. of upāgacchati

…in his hand (Name of a yakkha) DN.i.95 = MN.i.231.

cp. Vedic vajira, Indra’s thunderbolt; Idg. *ṷeĝ = Sk. vaj, cp. Lat. vegeo to…

…usually happy persons (or yakkhas: see Stede, P. V. trsl. 39–41), called devatā, who have attained to such an exalted…

…yakkha-dāsī viya gahitā, i.e. possessed), Ja.vi.587 (vāruṇī ‘va pavedhentī; C. yakkh’ āviṭṭhā…

…yakkho not this or that yakkha i.e. not any (ordinary) kind of Yakkha (but Inda DN-a.i.264
■ The same use (ordinary correlative)…

condition of a higher demon or yakkha DN.ii.57; AN.ii.39; Pv-a.117.

fr. yakkha

…their names cp. those of the yakkhas, as enumerated under yakkha 4
■ Vin.iii.37 Vin.iv.20 (where sexual intercourse with y. is forbidden to the…

…e.g. DN.i.211; DN.ii.147 (˚yakkha for ˚manussa; full of yakkhas i.e. under their protection); AN.iii.215; cp. Mil.2 (˚jana-manussa). 2….

…(w. acc. or loc.) Pv.ii.9#2 (yakkhaṃ yānaṃ āropayitvāna); Pv-a.62 (sarīraṃ citakaṃ ā.), Pv-a.100 (bhaṇḍaṃ sakaṭesu ā.). 3….