Re: Diff between Raksas and Yaksas

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• Subject: Re: Diff between Raksas and Yaksas
• From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti)
• Date: 18 Apr 1996 01:35:55 -0500
• Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
• Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Kunal Singh (nnyxsi@ny.ubs.com) wrote:

: In article <4kbmsn$oqj@babbage.ece.uc.edu> asharma@io.org (AS) writes:

:    Could someone please tell me the difference between a Raksas and a
:    Yaksas.

Dear Friends:

In the SBG, there are a few references about the yaksha and raksha.  For 
example, Kuvera is their leader (10.23) and are described to be the objects 
of worship of people with raja-guna (17.4).  

Normally, the yakshas are known as the keepers of wealth and the rakshas 
are known as perverse powers.

With best regards,

Dhruba.

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