夜叉
Readings
Pinyin: yèchā
Wade-Giles: yeh-ch'a
Hangul: 야차
Korean MC: yacha
Korean MR: yach'a
Katakana: ヤシャ
Hepburn: yasha
dạ xoa
(Skt. yakṣa)
- Spirits of the dead who fly about in the night. Demons in the earth, or in the air, or in the lower heavens; they are malignant, and violent, and devourers (of human flesh). One of the eight kinds of spiritual beings who appear in Buddhist scriptures 八部衆 (Pāli yakkha). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD]
- The eight attendants of Kuvera 八大將, or Vaiśravaṇa, the god of wealth; those on earth bestow wealth, those in the empyrean houses and carriages, those in the lower heavens guard the moat and gates of the heavenly city. There is another set of sixteen. The names of all are given in the Dhāraṇī-samuccaya-sūtra 陀羅尼集經. See also rakṣa 羅刹 and kṛtya 吉遮. Yakṣa-kṛtya are credited with the powers of both yakṣa and kṛtya. Also transliterated as 乞叉; 藥叉; 閱叉. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
Dictionary References:
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1063
Bulgyo sajeon, 567a
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1237b
Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 806
Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 329b/366
Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 822
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1373c
Fo Guang Dictionary, 3130
Ding Fubao
Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4895c,514a,4223c, (v.9-10)497b
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1754-1
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