As a deity name
Name 751 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
यक्ष · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार की देवयोनि । एक प्रकार के देवता जो कुबेर के सेवक और उसकी निधियों के रक्षक माने जाते हैं · कुबेर । यक्षराज — Śabdasāgara
यक्ष · yaksh · s.m.
A kind of demi-god attendant on Kuver, and employed in the care of his garden and treasures (see the pop. forms jakh, and jak) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1251
यक्ष · masculine
yaksha, a class of demigods or nature spirits who are described as attendants of Kubera, the god of riches, and employed in guarding his gardens and treasures
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi यक्ष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yakṣa n. a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit, RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; GṛŚrS. (accord. to some native Comms. = yajña, pujā, pūjita &c.)
yakṣa m. N. of a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Viṣṇu; described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Kaśyapa, of Khasā or Krodhā; also as produced from the feet of Brahmā; though generally regarded as beings of a benevolent and inoffensive disposition, like the Yakṣa in Kālidāsa's Megha-dūta, they are occasionally classed with Piśācas and other malignant spirits, and sometimes said to cause demoniacal possession; as to their position in the Buddhist system See MWB. 206, 218), Up.; GṛS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit, (accord. to some native Comms. = yajña, pujā, pūjita &c.)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yakṣa" is the vocative of "yakṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
yakṣa n. a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit, RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; GṛŚrS. (accord. to some native Comms. = yajña, pujā, pūjita &c.)
yakṣa m. N. of a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Viṣṇu; described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Kaśyapa, of Khasā or Krodhā; also as produced from the feet of Brahmā; though generally regarded as beings of a benevolent and inoffensive disposition, like the Yakṣa in Kālidāsa's Megha-dūta, they are occasionally classed with Piśācas and other malignant spirits, and sometimes said to cause demoniacal possession; as to their position in the Buddhist system See MWB. 206, 218), Up.; GṛS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
(with Jainas) a subdivision of the Vyantaras
N. of Kubera, VarYogay.
of a Muni, R.
yakṣā (ā), f. N. of a woman, HPariś.
Alternative readings
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