Yāmā2
PersonIn some contexts, a term apparently derived from Yama, lord of the underworld, as in expressions spanning ‘from the underworld to the highest heaven.’
In some contexts, Yāmā seems to have been derived from Yama, king of the underworld — e.g. in such expressions as “Yāmato yāva Akaniṭṭhaṃ” (From the underworld to the highest heaven). KhA.166.
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