[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2197 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2197 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2197 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2197) YĀTUS, YĀTU-DHĀNAS. Demons or evil spirits of various forms, as dogs, vultures, hoofed-animals, &c. In ancient times the Yātus or Yātu-dhānas were distinct from the Rākshasas though associated with them, but in the epic poems and Purānas they are identified. Twelve Yātu-dhānas are named in the Vāyu Purāna, and they are said to have sprung from Kasyapa and Su-rasā. They are associated with the Dasyus, and are thought to be one of the native races which opposed the progress of the immigrant Āryans. - [Previous: c5.2196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2196) - [Next: c5.2198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2198) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2197) · Pramāṇa