Yaksha
Yakshas are nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain myth — guardians of treasure, fertility, wilderness. Attendants of Kubera, inhabit forests, sacred trees, mountains, water. Can be benevolent (granting boons) or malevolent (causing illness). Male yakshas; females yakshinis. Prominent in early Buddhist art (Sanchi, Bharhut) as Salabhanjikas. Thirty-six in Uddamareshvara Tantra. Pan-South Asian.