Pāli Dictionary
general
夜晚的时分（一夜分初、中、后三时，即一夜的三分之一）；泛指时段、时期；（律藏中指）特定时段，尤指午后至黎明的“非时”（如 yāmakālika 时分药/更药）
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（与阎魔 Yama 相关）
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
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
yam1调御；精勤；止息
cosmology
夜摩天人；夜摩天（欲界第三天）的天人众
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.
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
yam1调御；精勤；止息
cosmology
阎摩；死亡王国的统治者，死后众生受其审判
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.
general
去；前行；旅行
goes; proceeds; travels
Dhp 29
appamatto pamattesu, suttesu bahujāgaro, abal'assaṃ'va sīgh'asso, hitvā yāti sumedhaso.
进军攻击；追击；击溃敌军
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
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居于忉利天与兜率天之间的一类天神，其寿命极为漫长，每一昼夜相当于人间数百年。
A class of gods dwelling between the Tāvatiṃsa and Tusita heavens, whose extraordinarily long lifespan is measured in centuries per single day.
在某些语境中，此词似源自阎摩（冥界之主），如“从冥界直至最高天”这类表述中所用。
In some contexts, a term apparently derived from Yama, lord of the underworld, as in expressions spanning ‘from the underworld to the highest heaven.’
死亡之神，众生死后被带至其前受审，询问他们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.
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