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  • Yakkha people, an ethnic group of South Asia
  • Yakkha language, a Sino-Tibetan language
  • Yaksha, also known as yakkha, a class of spirits in South and Southeast Asian cultures

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Yakkha people

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

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Yakkha

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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...

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Yakkha language

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

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Yaksha

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

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Kirati people

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of years.[unreliable source?] There are different tribal group such as Yakkha (Dewan), Limbu (Subba), Sunuwar (Mukhiya), Khambu(Rai) and various tribes...

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Kirat Mundhum

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Kirati ethnic groups of Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim, majorly practiced by Yakkha, Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, Thami, Jirel, Hayu and Surel peoples in the north-eastern...

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Prince Vijaya

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the yakkhas to the island of Giridipa during an earlier visit to Lanka, but Vijaya later encounters yakshas on Lanka and a yakkhini (a female yakkha) named...

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Kiranti languages

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Bantawa language , Chamling language, Khaling language, Bahing language, Yakkha language, Wayu language, Dungmali language, Lohorung language and Kulung...

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Chhaang

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

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Limbu people

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Religion Majority: Kiratism (81%) Minority: Hinduism (14%), Christianity (5%) Related ethnic groups Yakkha Rai Lepcha Dhimal Other Sino-Tibetan people...

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Ethnic groups in South Asia

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Garo Hajong Sonowal Sutiya Chepang Gurung Khowa Kirati people Rai Limbu Yakkha Sunuwar Jirel Hayu Dhimal Lepcha people Magar people Memba Meitei people...

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Sankhuwasabha District

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1% spoke Nepali, 8.8% Tamang, 8.0% Sherpa, 6.6% Kulung, 5.0% Limbu, 4.3% Yakkha, 3.2% Yamphu, 2.9% Gurung, 2.3% Magar, 2.2% Rai, 1.9% Newar, 1.8% Lohorung...

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11th Gorkha Rifles

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independence. The regiment consists of primarily the Kirant Tribes Rai, Limbu, Yakkha, Sunuwar of Eastern Nepal, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Dooars of West Bengal...

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Yakka

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worshipped by the Vedda people of Sri Lanka Yakkha people, an ethic group of Nepal and northern India Yakkha language, a Sino-Tibetan language Yakka Banovic...

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Shakya

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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...

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Panchthar District

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7% Sunuwar, 0.5% Newar, 0.3% Maithili, 0.3% Sampang, 0.3% Sherpa, 0.3% Yakkha, 0.2% Khaling, 0.2% Thulung, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Nachhiring and 0.2% other...

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Dhankuta

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population is made up of many caste/tribal groups, notably Athpare, Limbu, Yakkha, Rai, Magar, Tamang and Tibetan. One of the famous places in Dhankuta is...

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Yaksa

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and Buddhism Yaksha Kingdom, an ancient kingdom in Indian epic literature Yakkha (disambiguation), also called "Yaksa-sh" Albazin, a village in Russia that...

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Myanglung Municipality

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1.6% Sherpa, 1.2% Rai, 0.8% Magar, 0.6% Maithili, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.3% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste...

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Morang District

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0.1% Awadhi, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Dumi, 0.1% Kulung, 0.1% Thulung, 0.1% Yakkha, 0.1% Yamphu and 0.3% other languages. Caste/ethnicity: 13.1% were Hill...

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Jhapa District

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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%...

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List of contemporary ethnic groups

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Kirantis Sino-Tibetan → Kiranti Nepal (Eastern Region) Limbu, Sunuwar, Yakkha (including Athpare), Rai (including Kulung, Bantawa, and Bahing) Kirat Mundhum...

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The Buddha

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veneration of trees and sacred groves, and the worship of tree spirits (yakkhas) and serpent beings (nagas). They also seem to have built burial mounds...

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Recorded history

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

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Religion in Nepal

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Rai peoples. Hindu influence was less prominent among the Gurung, Limbu, Yakkha,Tamang, and Thakali groups, who continued to employ Buddhist monks for their...

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Rautahat District

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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...

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Spurious languages

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under Gade Lohar (gda) Lopi lov Undocumented Loloish language Lumba-Yakkha luu Yakkha language; name exists due to form errors Munda unx Duplicate of Mundari...

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Darjeeling

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Tendong Lho Rumfaat. The Kirati ethnic group Rais, Limbus, Sunuwars and Yakkhas celebrate Udhauli and Ubhauli as their main festival. Popular Hindu deities...

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Sinhalese people

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

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