[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) › c9.5141 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5141 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5141 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5141) YAKṢAGRAHA. A Graha (Evil Spirit) connected with Yakṣas. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 230, Verse 53, mentions that people become mad owing to the adverse influence of this Graha. - [Previous: c9.5140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5140) - [Next: c9.5142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5142) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5141) · Pramāṇa