The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.113
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.113
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c25.113
Yakṣas, are mis-shapen dwarfs who guard the treasures of the Northern mountains and their chief is Kubera, the God of Wealth. They are usually malignant in disposition and they occasionally feed on human flesh But the benign influence of Buddha’s teaching makes them forego their cruel habits.