[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.5134 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5134 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5134 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5134) 2) Origin. There are different views relating to the origin of the Yakṣas. In Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 1 we find that the Yakṣas took birth after Brahmā's birth from "Virāṭ Puruṣa's" aṇḍa. According to a statement in Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas were born from Muni, the grand daughter of Kaśyapaprajāpati. Thus Yakṣas and Rākṣasas are related as brothers. In Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 7, there is another passage which says that Yakṣas are the progeny of the sage Pulastya. - [Previous: c9.5133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5133) - [Next: c9.5135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5135) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5134) · Pramāṇa