Yakshini
demonic earth Hindu single tradition · 8
A female nature spirit.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from the 3rd century BCE to the present.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kichkandi, Raakebhoot, Pichal Peri, Yuki-onna, Yuxa, Yokai, Yacumama, Yacuruna, Yadōkai, Yagyō-san, Yakshi, Yakubyō-gami, Yali, Yallery-Brown, Yama-biko, Yama-bito, Yama-chichi, Yama-inu, Yama-otoko, Yamata no Orochi, Yama-waro, Yanari, Yara-ma-yha-who, Yatagarasu, Yato-no-kami, Yeth hound, Yilbegän, Yobuko, Yomotsu-shikome, Yong, Yōsei, Yosuzume, You Hun Ye Gui, Yowie, Yuan Gui, Yukinko, Yūrei, yamauba, Chakreshvari, Padmāvatī, Shri Ambikadevi, Didarganj Yakshi, Isakki, Mudgarpani, Banjhākri, Banjhākrini, Vetala, Churel, Mogwai, Hungry ghost, Vengeful ghost, Wangliang, Gwisin, Korean virgin ghost, Egg ghost, Aavi, Brahmarakshasa, Bhakolwa, Bhoota (ghost), Baak, Chetkin, Chir batti, Challava, Dakini, Daayan, Ded futiya, Jokkho, Nishi daak, Naagin, Nale Ba, Pishacha, Preta, Pūtam, Yaoguai, Yama, Nāgas, Śākinī
- serves
- Kubera
- manifests as
- Ambika
- allied with
- Yaksha
- manifested by
- Ambika
Mentioned by
- Banjhākri
- Banjhākrini
- Vetala
- Churel
- Mogwai
- Hungry ghost
- Vengeful ghost
- Wangliang
- Gwisin
- Korean virgin ghost
- Egg ghost
- Aavi
- Brahmarakshasa
- Bhakolwa
- Bhoota (ghost)
- Baak
and 19 more
Sources
Source passages
“Yakshini”
#4373 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Yakshini (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) – Female nature spirit”
#5520 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“as well as one yakshini from Vidisha. The yakṣas may have originally been the tutelary deity of a city, district, lake, or well. Their worship, together with popular belief in nagas (serpent deities), feminine fertility deities, and mother goddesses”
#7447 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The sadhak can take yakshini as mother, sister or wife before commencing it. Proper mantra dikshaa from guru can speed up the mantra siddhi. They can be invoked with mantra "Om hreem shreem nityadravae mada (yakshini name) shreem hreem".”
#8808 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“An Image of Yaksha & Yakshini of 22nd Trithankara Neminatha”
#23022 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001