Yakkha or Dewan (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India (related...

Yaksha The Yakshas (Sanskrit: यक्ष, IAST: Yakṣa, Pali: Yakkha) are a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or capricious...

Look up yakkha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yakkha may refer to: Yakkha people, an ethnic group of South Asia Yakkha language, a Sino-Tibetan language...

Yakkha (also erroneously spelled as Yakha) is a language spoken in parts of Nepal, Darjeeling district and Sikkim. The Yakkha-speaking villages are located...

as the home of the Kirat people, of which the majority are known today as Chamling, Limbu, Rai/Khambu, Sunuwar, and Yakkha. In ancient times, the entire...

Yakka people (Lanka), a historic/mythical group of Sri Lanka Yakka, a type of spirits worshipped by the Vedda people of Sri Lanka Yakkha people, an ethnic...

Yaksha kingdom Rakshasa kingdom Naga people (Lanka) Dewa (people) Vedda people Lanka Kuveni Yaksha Yakkha people (Himalayas) Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly...

Gunam 27. Khimbu 28. Patuka 29. Gasti 30. Namdhung Yakkha people Sunuwar people Limbu people Rai people Kirat History Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback...

went under this name. Tambapanni was originally inhabited and governed by Yakkhas, having their capital at Sirīsavatthu and their queen Kuveni. According...

Yakthung terminology, but now the two terms are almost interchangeable. People often debate about the use of term "Subba" as their surname in Limbu/Yakthung...

one of the few documents containing material relating to the Nāga and Yakkha peoples, indigenous inhabitants of Lanka prior to the legendary arrival of Prince...

tribes of Sikkim such as Bhujel, Bhutia, Bahun (Khas), Chhetri (Khas), Yakkha, Damai, Gurung, Kami, Rai, Lepcha, Limbu, Magars, Newar, Jogi (Sanyasi/Giri)...

Darjeeling and Sikkim, majorly practiced by Yakkha, Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, Thami, Jirel, Hayu and Surel peoples in the north-eastern Indian subcontinent....

Lanka prior to the Sinhala migration were the mythical Yakkha (Sanskrit: यक्ष yakṣa; Pali: yakkha) and Nāga races. Sinhalese history and the historical...

Je'lo Kola, queen of Abasa Majaji (reigned c. 350 AD) Kuveni, queen of Yakkha people of Sri Lanka before the founding of Kingdom of Tambapanni Pelekh Candace...

the Tamakoshi, Dudhkoshi, Arun and Tamur rivers they become today's Rai, Yakkha, Sunuwar and Limbu . After settling down in different areas Kiratis made...

Nepal's population. By the 2011 Nepal census, there were 13,215 Thakali people in Nepal. The Lhafewa (Barha Barse Kumbha Mela), Toranlha (ancestral worship)...

people Rai Limbu Yakkha Sunuwar Jirel Hayu Dhimal Lepcha people Magar people Memba Meitei people (Manipuri people) Naga people Anāl people Angami Naga Southern...

Sinhalese people. Dipavamsa: This version predates the Mahavamsa. It is similar to the Mahavamsa version, but omits Kuveni (and other yakkhas) and the...

one of the few documents containing material relating to the Nāga and Yakkha peoples, indigenous inhabitants of Lanka before the legendary arrival of Prince...

Newar, 0.2% Rai, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Doteli, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.1% other languages. Ethnicity/caste: 19.7% were Musalman, 12.2% Yadav...

Mahendra. The original inhabitants of Limbuwan are the Yakthung and Yakkha people From the establishment of Limbuwan, these cultures have maintained their...

classifies the Kumal people within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. At the time of the Nepal census of 2011, 121,196 people (0.5% of the population...

Haryanvi, 0.1% Kisan, 0.1% Kulung, 0.1% Kumhali, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Sherpa, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.4% other languages. Ethnicity/caste: 23.8% were Hill Brahmin, 15.7%...

a mythical people of Sri Lanka according to the Sanskrit epics. According to the Mahavamsa and Ramayana they lived among the Naga, Yakkha and Raskha....

yakkhas and yakkhīs in Pali (yakṣas and yakṣīs in Sanskrit) in early Buddhist texts is an attestation of the worship of these beings done at yakkha cetiyas...

(the ravine people, as they prefer themselves to be known as). Other communities with a long history in the district include the Tamang, Yakkha, Rai, Gurung...

1% Rajbhar, 0.1% Rajdhov, 0.1% Sonar, 0.1% Thakuri, 0.1% Thulung, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.3% others. Religion: 73.3% were Hindu, 11.5% Muslim, 6.9% Kirati,...

alcoholic beverage popular in parts of the eastern Himalayas among the Yakkha, Limbu, Dura, Newar, Sunuwar, Rai, Bhutia, Gurung, Magar, Sherpa, Tamang...

Oudh in the period of Nawab Asaf-Ud-Dowlah (1775 to 1797). The Bhotiya people are closely related to several other groups and ethnic boundaries are porous...