薬叉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薬	叉
やく Grade: 3	しゃ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
藥叉 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Likely borrowed directly from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa)

Noun

薬(やく)叉(しゃ) • (yakusha) ^{←やくしや (yakusya)?}

1. (Buddhism) yaksha

Synonyms

• 夜叉 (やしゃ, ​yasha)