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Yakshinis or
Yakshis (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣinī or Yakṣī, Pali:
Yakkhiṇī or Yakkhī) are a
class of
female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and...
- Sirisavatthu. They are
shipwrecked and
saved by the
Yakkhinis, who prey on
shipwrecked merchants. The
Yakkhinis pretend to be the
widows of
merchants who earlier...
- word is IAST: Yakṣī or
Yakshini (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣiṇī; Pali:
Yakkhini). In Hindu, Jain and
Buddhist texts, the yakṣas have a dual personality...
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Mohenjodaro of East India. pp28
vijayasihasa bivaha sihaurata tambapaniah yakkhini kubanna,a"
Sanskritized as "vijayasirihasya
vivaha sirihapuratah tamraparnyah...
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among these are the
yaksa (ยักษ์),
ogres (yaksha), and
ogresses (Pali:
Yakkhini), the tall and
scary Prets (เปรต),
Ongkhuliman (องคุลิมาล), the violent...
- of the Yakkhas, who was
disguised as a
beautiful woman but was
really a
yakkhini named Sesapathi. The
Kingdom of Tambapaṇṇī was
founded by
Prince Vijaya...
- In addition,
there are
minor earthly deities such as
genies (yakkhâ and
yakkhinî),
snakes (Nâgâ),
spirits ****ociated with nature, or
spirits of ancestors...
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Prince Vijaya established the
Kingdom of Tambapanni. He
married a
local Yakkhini named Kuveni, and
their children gave rise to the
Pulinda race (identified...
