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Also Known As yakshi • yakṣinī • yaksa • yakṣī

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yakshi
Indian-style Kushan silver dish
Yaksha, stone figure from Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India, c. 1st century BC; in the Vidisha Museum, India
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