[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v3.c9.12 # The Purana Index v3.c9.12 The Purāṇa Index v3.c9.12 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.12) Yakṣa (I)—a Rākṣasa and a son of Khaśā. As he wanted to eat his own mother, he got the name of Yakṣa; of four hands and four feet, a fearful figure wandering in the night in search of prey; took the form of Vasuruci and lived with the apsaras Krathusthalā in Nandana; she bore him a son Rajatanābha; went home in the Himālayas with the son, when Krathusthalā came to know of his birth as a Rākṣasa. - [Previous: v3.c9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.11) - [Next: v3.c9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.13) - [Up: v3.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.12) · Pramāṇa