夜叉

[lang id =1028]乞叉; [lang id =1028]藥叉; [lang id =1028]閱叉 (sa) yakṣa,

(1) demons in the earth, or in the air, or in the lower heavens; they are malignant, and violent, and devourers (of human flesh).

(2) The [lang id =1028]八大將, the eight attendants of Kuvera, or Vaiśravaṇa, the god of wealth; those on earth bestow wealth, those in the empyrean houses and carriages, those in the lower heavens guard the moat and gates of the heavenly city. There is another set of sixteen. The names of all are given in [lang id =1028]陀羅尼集經 3. See also [lang id =1028]羅 for (sa) rakṣa and [lang id =1028]吉 for (sa) kṛtya. (sa) yakṣa-kṛtya are credited with the powers of both (sa) yakṣa and (sa) kṛtya.

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◆梵語夜叉， 華言勇健。 有三種： 一地夜叉， 二虛空夜叉， 三天夜叉也。 ◆梵語夜叉， 華言勇健， 亦名暴惡。 有三種： 一者在地， 二者在虛空， 三者在天。 地夜叉不能飛騰， 虛空與天二夜叉， 皆能飛行也。

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華譯捷疾鬼， 這種鬼能夠在天空中飛行。