やしゃ

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Japanese

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夜叉
yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.
(Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings), and guardians of the north
(figurative) a demon
(This term, やしゃ (yasha), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)