Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.s2.6

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Several important Yaksha shrines are mentioned, e.g. Yaksha Śākya Vardhana at Kapilavastu, Yaksha Pūrṇabhadra at Champā, Yaksha Moggara-pāṇi at Rājagṛiha, Indra-śaila Yaksha near Rājagṛiha, Yakshiṇī shrine probably of Jarā or Hāritī at Rājagṛiha (Araṇyaka, 83. 23), a Yaksha in the gateway at Vaiśālī, Yaksha Suchiloma near Rājagṛiha, Chaitya of Yaksha Śaradamya at Vaiśālī and of Māṇibhadra in Mithilā. The details of worship included music, dance, offering of lights, flowers, eatables, etc., a code different from the Vedic Yajñas and similar to the patram, puṣpam, phalam, toyam manner of the Gītā.