[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c32.25 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c32.25 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c32.25 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.25) In later literature the Yakkhas have been degraded to the state of red-eyed cannibal ogres. The female Yakkhas (\*yakkhinī\*) are, in these cases, more fearful and evil-minded than the male. They eat flesh and blood (D. ii. 346; v. 34); and devour even men (D. ii. 346; J. ii. 15 ff.) and corpses (J. i. 265). They eat babies (J. v. 21; vi. 336) and are full of spite and vengeance (DhA. i. 47; ii. 35 f.). The story of Bhūta Thera is interesting because his elder brothers and sisters were devoured by a hostile Yakkha, so the last child is called Bhūta to propitiate the Yakkha by making him the child's sponsor! - [Previous: v2.c32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.24) - [Next: v2.c32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.26) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32) ## Linked texts (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.513) — Pāli - [Pāyāsisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.23.47) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.25) · Pramāṇa