Pāli Dictionary

yāmā

yamrootasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yam1調御；精勤；止息

cosmology

  • 夜摩天人；夜摩天（欲界第三天）的天人眾

  • the Yāmas; a class of deities inhabiting the Yāma heaven (the third heaven of the sensual realm)

  • Thig 8.1

    tāvatiṃsā ca yāmā ca, tusitā c'āpi devatā, nimmānaratino devā, ye devā vasavattino, tattha cittaṃ paṇīdhehi, yattha te vusitaṃ pure.

yāma

approximate

yamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yam1調御；精勤；止息

Synonyms

saṃvara, niggaha

general

  • 夜晚的時分（一夜分初、中、後三時，即一夜的三分之一）；泛指時段、時期；（律藏中指）特定時段，尤指午後至黎明的「非時」（如 yāmakālika 時分藥/更藥）

  • a watch of the night (one third of the night: first, middle, or last watch); a period of time; (in Vinaya) a restricted time period, especially the time between noon and dawn (as in yāmakālika, food allowed for a restricted time)

ethics

  • 抑制；克制；禁戒（如四禁戒 cātu-yāma）

  • restraint; control; suppression (e.g., fourfold restraint, cātu-yāma)

cosmology

  • 夜摩天（欲界第三天）；夜摩天神（Yāmā devā）；或指冥界、死者之域（與閻魔 Yama 相關）

  • the Yāma heaven (the third sensual heaven); the Yāma deities (Yāmā devā); or the underworld / realm of the dead (associated with Yama)

  • MN 31

    tāvatiṃsānaṃ devānaṃ saddaṃ sutvā yāmā devā saddam'anussāvesuṃ, lābhā vata bho vajjīnaṃ, suladdhalābhā vajjipajāya, yattha tathāgato viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho

yama

approximate

yamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yam1調御；精勤；止息

cosmology

  • 閻摩；死亡王國的統治者，死後眾生受其審判

  • Yama, ruler of the underworld; the king of death, before whom the dead are judged

  • Dhp 237

    upanītavayo ca dāni'si, sampayāto'si yamassa santike, vāso te n'atthi antarā, pātheyyam'pi ca te na vijjati.

  • SN 1.33

    yo dhammaladdhassa dadāti dānaṃ, uṭṭhānavīriy'ādhigatassa jantu, atikkamma so vetaraṇiṃ yamassa, dibbāni ṭhānāni upeti macco'ti.

yāti

approximate

yāroottisuffix

via inflected form yāma · 1st person·present plural / 1st person·imperative plural

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

peti, gacchati, pareti, vattati, abhikkamati, kamati, vajati, anuyāti

general

  • 去；前行；旅行

  • goes; proceeds; travels

  • Dhp 29

    appamatto pamattesu, suttesu bahujāgaro, abal'assaṃ'va sīgh'asso, hitvā yāti sumedhaso.

  • 進軍攻擊；追擊；擊潰敵軍

  • marches against; pursues; routs an enemy

  • Dhp 179

    yassa jitaṃ n'āvajīyati, jitaṃ yassa no yāti koci loke, taṃ buddham'anantagocaraṃ, apadaṃ kena padena nessatha.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Yāmā
Other

  • 居於忉利天與兜率天之間的一類天神，其壽命極為漫長，每一晝夜相當於人間數百年。

  • A class of gods dwelling between the Tāvatiṃsa and Tusita heavens, whose extraordinarily long lifespan is measured in centuries per single day.

Yāmā2
Person

  • 在某些語境中，此詞似源自閻摩（冥界之主），如「從冥界直至最高天」這類表述中所用。

  • In some contexts, a term apparently derived from Yama, lord of the underworld, as in expressions spanning ‘from the underworld to the highest heaven.’

Yama
Personapproximate

  • 死亡之神，眾生死後被帶至其前受審，詢問他們是否曾留意生老病死等警示之相。

  • The god of death, before whom beings are brought after dying to be questioned on whether they heeded the warning signs of birth, old age, illness, and death.

DN 11DN 20MN 130SN 56.11

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