Who are the yaksha and the yakshinis?
Yaksha (Pali yakkha) is the name of a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts.
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Yaksha (Pali yakkha) is the name of a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts.
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But in fact, they were the people (perhaps tribal) who lived without much thinking or caring of/for tomorrow! Just enjoying the living (perhaps in forests and mountains)
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Hence they were known for merriment!
Nature spirits - they lived with nature!
Benevolent - as they were averse to violence! (and helpful to the gods)
Caretakers of natural treasures hidden in earth & tree roots - forest dwelling & concerned about their habitat
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Nature spirits - they lived with nature!
Benevolent - as they were averse to violence! (and helpful to the gods)
Caretakers of natural treasures hidden in earth & tree roots - forest dwelling & concerned about their habitat
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Yaksham itichairyuktam yaksha yev bhavantuvah
SO, they were tribes dwelling in forests, concerned about their habitat (perhaps worshipping nature energies), peace loving and living happily
Yaksha - male and yakshini – female
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SO, they were tribes dwelling in forests, concerned about their habitat (perhaps worshipping nature energies), peace loving and living happily
Yaksha - male and yakshini – female
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Padmavati Yakshini. The rundown of 24 Yaksha-Yakshini sets was concluded in around eight-10th century A. D. as found in Kavali, Tiloyapannatti (4.934-39), and Pravacanasaroddhara (375-78).
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While their iconographic structures were normalized in c.11th – 12th century A. D. as referenced in Nirvankalika, the Trisastisalakapurusacaritra, Pratistha Sara-samgraha, Pratistha Shirodhara, Pratistha Tilaka & acaradinakara & several other texts.
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We discover a lot of distinction among Svetambara & Digambara customs regarding names & iconographic highlights of Yakshas & Yakshinis. The names & iconographic highlights of most of them bear the impact of Brahmanical & Buddhist divine beings
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The Jains appear to have embraced either the names or the unmistakable iconographic highlights, or both, in such cases.
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The first Agamas don't specify the Jina icon & symbol love & still, after all that through the previous 2500 years Jains have built large number of phenomenal sanctuaries at colossal cost and have introduced the symbols to regard the Tirthankaras.
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Consequently the possibility of icon and symbol love, even that of the Jinas, was utter horror to the very soul and expressions of the Jinas.
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Yet, presently by raising and revering Yakshas and Yakshinis, and requesting the materialistic additions from them, Jains are diverted from the profound way and pulled in to the materialistic connections.
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Briefly regardless of whether we take a gander at the materialistic addition by their love then every individual who reveres them ought to get profited, however that doesn't occur. Consequently, one lives in mithyatva (deception).
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One must remember that if at all materialistic addition is achieved, then it is by development of one's own shubha (acceptable karmas). Somadeva may have felt that these sasana-devatas may supplant as opposed to being correlative to the Jinas as the object of love forewarned;
any individual who loves them equivalent to Jina is going off course. Asadhara proclaims that an individual with genuine understanding could never venerate Yaksas in any event, when plagued with the extraordinary catastrophes.
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Since as a Jain, we accept that our disasters are our own doing and we should push ahead such catastrophes with serenity to stop the whirlpool of response which would never really will bring more cataclysms.
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Taking all into account, rules which are set in Jainism mention to us what is good & bad, yet it is dependent upon every person to choose which symbols to kneel (love) to & which ones to simply appreciate.
Credit: Netra Bajaj and Vishwanath Bheed
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Credit: Netra Bajaj and Vishwanath Bheed
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