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Yaksha



(Sanskrit यक्श) or Yakkha (Pāli यक्श) is the name of a broad class of nature-spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The feminine form of the word is or (Pāli: yakkhī or yakkhinī).



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