The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.22

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9. (L., 18). Sudhana, as it is written, stopped « at the foot of a tree » near to the rebellious town. Fortunately, Vaiçravaṇa, one of the four gods who reign in the air, foreseeing his defeat, sends to his aid his general Pâñcika with a troup of Yakshas, or genii. These are the « five giants, or evil spirits », mentioned by Leemans. The latter continues :

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