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- yakkha:
- One of a special class of powerful "non-human" beings — sometimes kindly, sometimes murderous and cruel — corresponding roughly to the fairies and ogres of Western fairy tales. The female (yakkhini) is generally considered more treacherous than the male. [more]
For indexing purposes, here are the diacritic-free (non-Unicode) equivalents of the romanized Pali words used in this document: ācariya=acariya, ānāpānasati=anapanasati, ānupubbī-kathā=anupubbi-katha, ārammaṇa=arammana, āsava=asava, āyatana=ayatana, Mahāyāna=Mahayana, Sākyamuni=Sakyamuni, Theravāda=Theravada, Tipiṭaka=Tipitaka, abhiññā=abhiñña, adhiṭṭhāna=adhitthana, akāliko=akaliko, anāgāmī=anagami, anattā=anatta, anupādisesa-nibbāna=anupadisesa-nibbana, apāya-bhūmi=apaya-bhumi, appamāda=appamada, avijjā=avijja, bhāvanā=bhavana, bhikkhunī=bhikkhuni, bodhi-pakkhiya-dhammā=bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma, brāhmāṇa=brahmana, brahmā=brahma, brahma-vihāra=brahma-vihara, dāna=dana, dantā=danta, devatā=devata, dhātu=dhatu, dhutaṅga=dhutanga, ekāyana-magga=ekayana-magga, ekagattārammana=ekaggatarammana, evaṃ=evam, gotrabhū-ñāna=gotrabhu-ñana, hīnayāna=Hinayana, idappaccayatā=idappaccayata, iddhipāda=iddhipada, jhāna=jhana, kāmaguṇa=kamaguna, kāya=kaya, kāyagatā-sati=kayagata-sati, kaṭhina=kathina, kalyāṇamitta=kalyanamitta, kammaṭṭhāna=kammatthana, karuṇā=karuna, kesā=kesa, lakkhaṇa=lakkhana, lokavidū=lokavidu, lomā=loma, māna=mana, māra=Mara, mūla=mula, mahāthera=mahathera, majjhimā=majjhima, mettā=metta, muditā=mudita, nāga=naga, nāma=nama, nāma-rūpa=nama-rupa, nīvaraṇa=nivarana, nakhā=nakha, nibbāna=nibbana, nibbidā=nibbida, pāḷi=pali, pāli=pali, pāramī=parami, pāramitā=paramita, pātimokkha=patimokkha, pīti=piti, pūjā=puja, paṭicca-samuppāda=paticca-samuppada, paṭipadā=patipada, paṭipatti=patipatti, paṭivedha=pativedha, paññā=pañña, paññā-vimutti=pañña-vimutti, pabbajjā=pabbajja, paccattaṃ=paccattam, parinibbāna=parinibbana, parisā=parisa, rāga=raga, rūpa=rupa, sādhu=sadhu, sākya-putta=sakya-putta, sāsana=sasana, sāvaka=savaka, sīla=sila, sīlabbata-parāmāsa=silabbata-paramasa, sīma=sima, saṃsāra=samsara, saṃvega=samvega, saṃyojana=samyojana/sanyojana, saññā=sañña, sa-upādisesa-nibbāna=sa-upadisesa-nibbana, sabhāva-dhamma=sabhava-dhamma, saddhā=saddha, sakadāgāmī=sakadagami, sakkāya-diṭṭhi=sakkaya-ditthi, samādhi=samadhi, samaṇa=samana, sammappadhāna=sammappadhana, sandiṭṭhiko=sanditthiko, sankhāra=sankhara, satipaṭṭhāna=satipatthana, sotāpanna=sotapanna, tādi=tadi, tāpas=tapas, taṇhā=tanha, tathāgatha=Tathagata, thūpa=thupa, ti-lakkhaṇa=ti-lakkhana, tisaraṇa=tisarana, tripiṭaka=tripitaka, ugghaṭitaññu=ugghatitaññu, upādāna=upadana, upāsaka/upāsikā=upasaka/upasika, upasampadā=upasampada, upekkhā=upekkha, vaṭṭa=vatta, vassā=vassa, vedanā=vedana, viññāṇa=viññana, vicāra=vicara, vijjā=vijja, vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno=vijja-carana-sampanno, vipāka=vipaka, vipassanā=vipassana, vipassanūpakkilesa=vipassanupakkilesa, visākha=visakha, vyāpāda=vyapada.