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{{Dictkey|གནོད་སྦྱིན།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''gnod sbyin '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' nöjin}} | {{Dictkey|གནོད་སྦྱིན།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''gnod sbyin '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' nöjin}} | ||
* ''Skt.'' यक्षः, yakṣa, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' yaksha}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit | to some native •Comms. | N. of a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Vishṇu | 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 Yaksha 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 | a subdivision of the Vyantaras | N. of Kubera | of a Muni | of a son of Śvaphalka | of Indra's palace | a dog {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}} | * ''Skt.'' यक्षः, yakṣa, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' yaksha}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit | to some native •Comms. | N. of a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Vishṇu | 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 Yaksha 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 | a subdivision of the Vyantaras | N. of Kubera | of a Muni | of a son of Śvaphalka | of Indra's palace | a dog {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}} | ||
[[Category:Mahavyutpatti]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Monier-Williams]] | [[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]][[Category:Mahavyutpatti]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Monier-Williams]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:12, 13 March 2011
གནོད་སྦྱིན། (Wyl. gnod sbyin ) Pron.: nöjin
- Skt. यक्षः, yakṣa, Pron.: yaksha. From Sanskrit: a living supernatural being, spiritual apparition, ghost, spirit | to some native •Comms. | N. of a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Vishṇu | 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 Yaksha 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 | a subdivision of the Vyantaras | N. of Kubera | of a Muni | of a son of Śvaphalka | of Indra's palace | a dog [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW