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Yaksa or Yaksha may refer to:
- Jimmu Denshu Yaksa, a Japanese game for the PC-Engine videogame
- Yaksa, a Japanese game for MSX and PC-88 computers
- Yaksha (Sanskrit Yakṣa), nature-spirit in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
- Yaksha Kingdom, ancient kingdom in Indian epic literature
- Yakkha, also called "Yaksa-sh"
- Albazin, village in Russia that was once named Yagsi (Yaksa in Manchu)
- Yaksa (band), Chinese rock band
- Yaksa, a corporation in the 1998 arcade game ESP Ra.De.
- Yakša, a former restaurant in Hvar, Croatia (now closed)
Yaksa (Yecha) is a Chinese nu metal band that became active in the Beijing Rock scene in 1997.
Yaksa was among the first of the wave of metal bands that appeared on the largely underground rock scene in Beijing in the late 90's. Its original members all came from the interior province of Sichuan. With its thick, powerful sound and ultra-aggressive growling vocals, the band's style was a departure from that of the punk rock bands that were the fad of the moment. Yaksa recorded what is widely regarded as the first Chinese nu metal album, Freedom , released by Scream Records in 1999. The band followed up their debut three years later with Fa Fa Fa' , adding more vocal melody as well as disc scratching and sampling to their sound. In 2006, with Scream Records in shambles, the band independently issued an EP entitled Keep on Fighting, returning to their heavier roots.
Usage examples of "yaksa".
Rakshasas, Danavs, Daityas, Pisacas, Yaksas, and every crossbreed thereof feasted their alien eyes on the goal that had eluded every invading army for a millennium.
It could see the dark, inhuman shapes of rakshasas, Yaksas, Pisacas, Nagas, Uragas, gandharvas, and every other Asura species, crowded on those endless decks, all armed and armored for battle.