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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">yakṣas</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>deities</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>yaksa</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>yaksas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>yaksha</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>yakshas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>yakṣa</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In India, demigods or nature spirits, often inoffensive tutelary guardians of a place, such as spirits of trees, mountains, streams, and forests. ]]></note></mads>