薬叉
Japanese
Kanji in this term
薬
叉
やく
Grade: 3
しゃ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
藥叉
(
kyūjitai
)
Etymology
Likely borrowed directly from
Sanskrit
यक्ष
(
yakṣa
)
Noun
薬
(
やく
)
叉
(
しゃ
)
• (
yakusha
)
←
やくしや
(
yakusya
)
?
(
Buddhism
)
yaksha
Synonyms
夜叉
(
やしゃ
,
yasha
)