[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) › c9.5146 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5146 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5146 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5146) YAKṢĪ (YAKṢIṆĪ). Women folk of Yakṣas. Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 50 mentions that the images of Yakṣī to be installed in temples should have fixed and long eyes. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 54, Verse 105, states that Yakṣiṇī is a Devi and by eating the prasāda (naivedya) of the Devi one would be absolved of the sin of Brahmahatyā (killing a Brāhmaṇa). - [Previous: c9.5145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5145) - [Next: c9.5147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5147) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.50) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5146) · Pramāṇa