夜叉

乞叉; 藥叉; 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 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 陀羅尼集經 3. See also 羅 for (sa) rakṣa and 吉 for (sa) kṛtya. (sa) yakṣa-kṛtya are credited with the powers of both (sa) yakṣa and (sa) kṛtya.