Female yakṣas, a class of semidivine beings that haunt or protect natural places and cities. They can be malevolent or benevolent, and are known for bestowing wealth and worldly boons.

A female yakṣa.

Female yakṣa.

Female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa, a class of nonhuman beings who inhabit forests, mountainous areas, and other natural spaces, or serve as guardians of villages and towns, and may be propitiated for health, wealth, protection, and other boons, or controlled through magic. According to tradition, their homeland is in the north, where they live under the jurisdiction of the Great King Vaiśravaṇa. Several members of this class have been deified as gods of wealth (these include the aforementioned Vaiśravaṇa) or as bodhisattva generals of yakṣa armies. They have entered the Buddhist pantheon in a variety of forms, including, in tantric Buddhism, those of wrathful deities.

A female yakṣa, a class of nonhuman beings who inhabit forests, mountainous areas, and other natural spaces, or serve as guardians of villages and towns, and may be propitiated for health, wealth, protection, and other boons, or controlled through magic. According to tradition, their homeland is in the north, where they live under the jurisdiction of the Great King Vaiśravaṇa. Several members of this class have been deified as gods of wealth (these include the aforementioned Vaiśravaṇa) or as bodhisattva generals of yakṣa armies. They have entered the Buddhist pantheon in a variety of forms, including, in tantric Buddhism, those of wrathful deities.

A female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.

Female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.

A female yakṣa.