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of former merit: cp. Pv i.2; i.9; ii.11; iv.3 . At the same Dhammaguttā), 665 (in simile); Mhvs 7, 11 (Kuvaṇṇā, i. e.
time they are possessed of odd qualities (as result of former bad — coloured); 10, 53 (Cetiyā); 12, 21 (Hāritā "Charming"
demerit); they are shy, and afraid of palmyra leaf & iron: J or fr. harita "green" (?)); DhA i.47; ii.35, 36 (a y. in the form
iv.492; their eyes are red & do not wink: J v. 34; vi.336, 337. of a cow, eating 4 people in successive births). Note. A by —
— Their abode is their self — created palace (Vimāna), which form of yakkhinī is yakkhī.
is anywhere in the air, or in trees etc. (see under vimāna). -bhāva the state of being a yakkhinī J i.240; ii.128
Sometimes we find a communion of yakkhas grouped in a (yakkhini°).
town, e. g. Āḷakamandā D ii.147; Sirīsa — vatthu (in Cey-
Yakkhī (f.) [direct formation fr. yakkha, like petī fr. peta; form
lon) Mhvs 7, 32.
older than yakkhinī (?)]=yakkhinī S i.11; Vin iii.121; iv.20; J
6. Their essential human character is evident also from
iv.492; Mhvs 7, 26.
their attitude towards the "Dhamma." In this respect many of
Yagghe (indecl.) [similar in formation & meaning to tagghe (q.
them are "fallen angels" and take up the word of the Buddha,
v.). It is yaṁ (yad)+gha, the latter in a Māgadhised form ghe,
thus being converted and able to rise to a higher sphere of ex-
whereas taggha (=tad+gha) only occurs as such] hortative part,
istence in saṁsāra. Cp. D iii.194, 195; J ii.17; VvA 333; Pv
d
ii.8 10 (where "yakkha" is expl by Dhpāla as "pet — attabhā- used in addressing a (superior) person in the voc., followed
rd
by Pot. of jānāti, either 2 nd jāneyyāsi, or 3 sg. jāneyya; to
vato cuto (so read for mato!) yakkho ataṁ jāto dev — attab-
d
be trsl somewhat like "look here, don't you know," surely,
hāvaṁ patto" PvA 110); SnA 301 (both Sūciloma & Khara
converted). — See in general also the foll. passages: Sn 153, you ought to know; now then; similarly to part. yaṁ nu,
yaṁ nūna & yaṁ hi. The part. is found in the language of
179, 273, 449; S i.206 — 15; A i.160; Vism 366 (in simile);
the Nikāyas only, thus indicating part of the oldest & origi-
Miln 23.
nal dialect. E. g.: y. bhante jāneyyāsi Vin i.237; yagghe deva
7. Exceptionally the term "yakkha" is used as a philosoph-
jāneyyāsi yo te puriso dāso... so... pabbajito do you know, Oh
ical term denoting the "individual soul" [cp. similar Vedic
king D i.60 (trsl.: "if it please your majesty, do you know...";
meaning "das lebendige Ding" (B.R.) at several AV. passages];
s
DA i.169 expl as "codan' atthe nipāto"); y. ayye jāneyyāsi M
hence probably the old phrase: ettāvatā yakkhassa suddhi
ii.62; mahārāja j. M ii.71; id. S i.101; y. bhavan jāneyya S
(purification of heart) Sn 478, quoted VvA 333 (ettāvat' ag-
i.180. — The passage M ii.157 is somewhat doubtful where
gaṁ no vadanti h' eke yakkhassa sudhiṁ idha paṇḍitāse). Sn
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875 (cp. Nd 282: yakkha=satta, nara, puggala, manussa). we find y. with the ind. and in var. forms (see v. l.) of
yagghi & taggha: "jānanti pana bhonto yagghe...," with reply
-ânubhāva the potency of a yakkha J i.240. -āviṭṭha
"na jānāma yagghe..." Perhaps the reading taggha would be
possessed by a y. J vi.586. -iddhi (yakkh°) magic power
preferable.
of a y. PvA 117, 241. -gaṇa the multitude of ys. J vi.287.
-gaha=following DhA iii.362. -gāha "yakkha — grip," be- Yajati [yaj, cp. Vedic yajati, yajus, Yajur — veda. To Av. yaǤaitē
ing seized by a y. S i.208; PvA 144. -ṭṭhāna the dwelling to sacrifice, Gr. α῞ζομαι to revere, worship. On etym. cp. also
— place of a y. -dāsī "a female temple slave," or perhaps Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. aestimo. — The Dhtp (62) defines root
"possessed by a demon" (?) J vi.501 (v. l. BB devatā — by "deva — pūjā, sangati — karaṇa, dānesu," i. e. "said of
paviṭṭhā cp. p. 586: yakkh' āviṭṭhā.) -nagara city of ys. deva — worship, of assembling, and of gifts." Similarly Dhtm
J ii.127 (=Sirīsavatthu); cp. pisāca — nagara. -pura id. 79] to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṁ); to give alms
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Mhvs 7.32. -bhavana the realm or abode of the y. Nd 448. or gifts — In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice)
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-bhūta a yakkha — being, a ghost Pv iii.5 (=pisāca — bhūta either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to
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vā yakkha — bh. vā PvA 198); iv.1 . -mahiddhi=°iddhi; the gods according to the rules initiated in the Vedas & Vedic
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Pv iv.1 . -yoni the y. — world, realm of the y. SnA 301. literature; or (when dogmatical) to the giving of alms to the
-samāgama meeting of the y. PvA 55 (where also devaputtā bhikkhu. In the latter sense it implies liberal donation of all
d
join). -sūkara a y. in the form of a pig VbhA 494. -senā the necessities of a bhikkhu (see enum under yañña). The
army of ys. D iii.194; SnA 209. -senāpati chief — comman- latter use is by far the more frequent. — The construction is
der of the yakkha — army J iv.478; SnA 197. with the acc. of the deity honoured and the instr. of the gift. —
Pres. yajati D i.139; A i.168; ii.43, 44; Sn 505, 509; DA i.160.
Yakkhatta (nt.) [fr. yakkha] condition of a higher demon or
— ppr. yajanto D i.52; M i.404; Miln 21; gen. pl. yajataṁ
yakkha D ii.57; A ii.39; PvA 117.
Sn 569 (=Vin i.246, where reading is jayataṁ). — ppr. med.
Yakkhinī (f.) [fr. yakkha, perhaps corresponding directly
yajamāna D i.138 (mahayaññaṁ); Sn 506; S i.233; J vi.502,
to Vedic yakṣiṇī, f. of yakṣin; adj. persecuting, taking 505. — imper. 3 sg. yajatu DA i.297; med. yajataṁ D
rd
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d
vengeance, appl to Varuṇa at RV. vii.88 ] a female yakkha, nd
i.138 (=detu bhavaṁ DA i.300). 2 sg. yajāhi J iii.519; PvA
a vampire. Their character is usually fierce & full of spite & 6 nd
280, and perhaps at Pv ii.1 (for T. yāhi). 2 med. yajassu
vengeance, addicted to man — & beast-murder (cp. yakkha st
Sn 302, 506; J v.488 (yaññaṁ), 490 (id.) — Pot. 1 sg. ya-
2). They are very much like Petīs in habits. With their names jeyyaṁ D i.134; 3 pl. yajeyyuṁ J vi.211, 215; 3 sg. med.
rd
rd
d
cp. those of the yakkhas, as enum under yakkha 4. — Vin
yajetha Dh 106 (māse māse sahassena yo y.=dānaṁ dadeyya
iii.37; iv.20 (where sexual intercourse with y. is forbidden to nd
DhA ii.231), 108; It 98; A ii.43; Sn 463. — Fut. 2 sg. yajis-
the bhikkhus); S i.209 (Piyankara — mātā); J i.240 (as a goat), st
sasi J iii.515; 1 sg. yajissāmi J vi.527 (pantha — sakuṇaṁ
395 sq.; ii.127; iii.511; v.21 (eating a baby), 209 (eaten by a rd st
tuyhaṁ maṁsena); 3 pl. yajissanti J iv.184; 1 pl. yajis-
y.); vi.336 (desirous of eating a child); Vism 121 (singing), sāma J vi.132. — aor. 1 sg. yajiṁ Th 1, 341; 3 sg. ayajī It
rd
st
382 (four: Piyankara — mātā, Uttaramātā, Phussa — mittā, 102; yaji Miln 219, 221. — inf. yajituṁ Miln 220; yiṭṭhuṁ
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