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Entry यक्ष

  1. यक्षyakṣaA ghost.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -क्षम्

      1. A ghost.
      2. Sacrifice.
      3. Anything honoured.
    • यक्षः yakṣḥ

      1. यक्ष्यते, यक्ष्-कर्मणि घञ्
      2. Name of a class of demigods who are described as attendants of Kubera, the god of riches, and employed in guarding his gardens and treasures; यक्षोत्तमा यक्षपतिं धनेशं रक्षन्ति वै प्रासगदादिहस्ताः Hariv.; Me.68; Bg.1.23;11.22.
      3. A kind of ghost or spirit; तन्न व्यजानन्त किमिदं यक्षमिति Ken.3.2.
      4. Name of the palace of Indra.
      5. Name of Kubera.
      6. Worship.
      7. A dog.
      8. Name of Kubera; प्रतिसिञ्चन् विचिक्रीडे यक्षीभिर्यक्षराडिव Bhāg.1.9.9.
      9. a place prepared for wrestling and boxing.
    • -राजः Name of Kubera.

    • -रात्रिः Feminine the festival called Dīpāli, quod vide, which see

    • -वित्तः one who is like a Yakṣa,id est, that is the guardian of wealth, but who never uses it; तस्यैवं यक्षवित्तस्य च्युतस्योभयलोकतः Bhāg.11.23.9.

    • -क्षी

      1. A female Yakṣa.
      2. Name of Kubera's wife.
      3. The Yakṣa. class; अल्पवीर्या यदा यक्षी श्रूयते मुनिपुंगव Rām.1.25.2.
    • -अधिपः, -अधिपतिः, -इन्द्रः Kubera, the lord of Yakṣas.

    • -आमलकम् the fruit of the पिण्डखर्जूर tree.

    • -आवासः the fig-tree.

    • -कर्दमः an ointment consisting of camphor, agallochum, musk and Kakkola (according to others, also sandal and suffron) mixed in equal proportions; यक्षकर्दममृदून्मृदिताङ्गं ... सिषिचुरुच्चकुचास्तम् Name21.7; (कर्पूरागुरु- कस्तुरीकक्कोलैर्यक्षकर्दमः Ak.; कुङ्कुमागुरुकस्तूरी कर्पूरं चन्दनं तथा । महासुगन्धमित्युक्तं नामतो यक्षकर्दमः ॥).

    • -ग्रहः the being possessed by Yakṣas or evil spirits; a kind of insanity.

    • -तरुः the fig-tree.

    • -धूपः resin, incense.

    • -बलिः a particular nuptial ceremony.

    • -रसः a kind of intoxicating drink.

    • -राज् Masculine

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Headwords under य

Part 1 of 3 य – यस्मात्All parts
  1. य – यस्मात्
  2. यहु – युज्य
  3. युञ्ज् – यौष्माक