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208 Nāyā 8, p 97 f. for the Buddhist conception of a Jakkha 209 Āva Nir. 335 Ti p 385 This legend may be compared with the Bauddh Muchilinda, the serpent king, sheltering Buddha against wind and rain (See op cit. pp 102-4, 126) 210 Even now such deities or Jakshas are regarded as protectors of the village and are worshipped by men of all castes and creeds believing that they protect each village from epidemics of diseases (Dist Gaz of M.P) The following thirteen Jakshas are mentioned: Punnabhadda Manibhadda Subhadda, Haritabhadda, Sumanobhadda, Vyatpūtakabhadda, Subhadda Sarvabhadda, Manusvavaksa Vanādhipau, Vanāhāra, Rūpajakkha and Jakkhottama (Abhidhāna Rājendra Kosa under "Jakkha") The first two Jakshas according to the Mahāmāyūrī, were brothers and were the presiding deities of Brahmavati (The Great contents of the Mahā by Dr Sylvain Levi, tr V S Agrawal, J of U P H Vol. XV, Pt. II) Manibhadda is also mentioned in the Mahābhārata (II. 10) 211 Uttarā Sū 3 14f 212 Ibid .16, 1n 213 Ibid 12 and the com p. 173a. 214 Āva. Nir. 487 215 9, p. 127 : cf Valāhassa Jātaka (II. No 196) p 129, the ship-wrecked men are rescued by a winged horse 216 7, p. 42 f; also cf. Hatthipāla Jātaka (IV, No. 509), p. 474.