Buddha of Medicine

Yaksha (Sanskrit, also Yaksa; Pāli: Yakkha, Chinese and Japanese: 夜叉, Pin Yin ye4 cha1, J. yasha) originally from Hindu mythology, a class of nature ghosts or demons. Also: demigod attendants of Kuvera Also: twelve heavenly generals who guard the Buddha of Medicine (Sanskrit: Bhaisajya; Tibetan: sangs-rgyas sman-bla; Chinese and Japanese: 藥師如來) The yakshas were originally the tutelary gods of forests and villages. Later, however, they came to be viewed as the steward deities of the earth and the wealth burie ...

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