Yaksha
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The Yakshas are a broad class of nature spirits in Hindu mythology which are associated with water, trees, forests, wilderness, treasure, and fertility. They are usually considered benevolent, and som
"Parkham Yaksha" Manibhadra, 150 BCE
"Mudgarpani Yaksha", 100 BCE
Yaksi from Bharhut
Kubera, the God of Riches, LACMA
Yakshini
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Yakshinis or Yakshis are a class of female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious mythologies. Yakshinis and their male counterparts, the Yakshas, are among the many divine or semi-divi
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…texts, as well as ancient and medieval temples of South Asia and Southeast Asia as guardian deities. The feminine form of the word is IAST: Yakṣī or Yakshini (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣiṇī; Pali: Yakkhini). In Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts, the yakṣas have a dual personality. A yakṣa may be an inoffensive…
Didarganj Yakshi 3rd century BCE – 2nd century CE Patna Museum, Patna
The Bhutesvara Yakshis, Mathura, 2nd century CE.
Yakshi under a flowering asoka tree. Shunga, 2nd–1st century BC, India
A Yakshin, 10th century, Mathura, India. Guimet Museum.