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In the Mahmyur
"According
to the Buddhist and Jain texts almost every city of importance has
one or more Yakas, and in several case the abodes of Yaka were
known as caityas." |
It is tempting to want to equate the origin of Yakas with this function and the development of their various other forms as derivative of their function as deities of specific cities, trees, or ponds. While we have no way of isolating these factors if we proceed from the evidence, both sculptural and scriptural,
it seems highly likely that Vajrapi began his illustrious career as a Yaka in Rjagriha.
