yakshi

A curvaceous, "all-woman" torso of a tree spirit—or yakshi —commands center stage while, to the side, a relief from the late first to early second century shows women flying to pay homage to the Buddha, here represented only by footprints.

A Return to Earlier Ideals Lee Lawrence 2011

There is also the rare nod to original context—the suggestion of a doorway atop which hangs an elaborately carved stone lintel; the yakshi placed at a slight tilt to remind us she once formed the diagonal bracket on a stone gate.

A Return to Earlier Ideals Lee Lawrence 2011

But any waitress, virgin or not, are called “good girls” = “yakshi kiz”.

Top 10 Absurdities (so far) 2004

But any waitress, virgin or not, are called “good girls” = “yakshi kiz”.

Wanderlustress: 2004

My horse was a splendid one too, and more than one Kabardian had already cast fond glances at it, repeating at the same time: ‘Yakshi tkhe chok yakshi.’

A Hero of Our Time 2003

My horse was a splendid one too, and more than one Kabardian had already cast fond glances at it, repeating at the same time: 'Yakshi tkhe chok yakshi.'

A Hero of Our Time 1916

My horse was a splendid one too, and more than one Kabardian had already cast fond glances at it, repeating at the same time: 'Yakshi tkhe chok yakshi.'

A Hero of Our Time Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov 1827