Yaksa who held a mace
deity Jainism single tradition · 1
The Yaksa who held a mace is a deity figure in an ancient Jain story. In the story, a man named Ajjunaka was worshipping the image of the Yaksa when he was attacked by five bandits, shaking his devotion. Afterwards the Yaksa possessed Ajjunaka, giving him the strength to kill the five bandits.
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- Ajjunaka
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“Ajjunaka who was worshipping the image of the "Yaksa who held a mace", when he was attacked by five bandits, an event which shaked is devotion to the Yashka. Afterwards the Yaksa possessed Ajjunaka, giving him the strength to kill the five bandits.”
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