yakṣaḥ

Dictionary meanings for yakṣaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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yakṣaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[yakṣyate, yakṣ-karmaṇi ghañ] 1 N. of a class of demigods who are de- scribed as attendants of Kubera, the god of riches, and employed in guarding his gardens and treas- ures; yakṣottamā yakṣapatiṃ dhaneśaṃ rakṣaṃti vai prāsagadādihastāḥ Hariv., Me. 1, 66; Bg. 10. 23, 11. 22.

2 A kind of ghost or spirit.

3 N. of the palace of Indra.

4 N. of Kubera.

5 Worship. kṣaṃ 1 A ghost,

2 Sa- crifice.

3 Anything...

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