やしゃ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やしゃ – see the following entry.

【夜叉】 [noun] 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. [noun] (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 [noun] (figurative) a demon

(This term, やしゃ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)