Pāli Dictionary

yamaka1

yamrootasuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · neuter

Root

yam1control; strive; end

general

  • pair; twin; double; (nt.) a pair, couple

  • DN 16

    ajja kho, pan'ānanda, rattiyā pacchime yāme kusinārāyaṃ upavattane mallānaṃ sālavane antarena yamakasālānaṃ tathāgatassa parinibbānaṃ bhavissati

doctrine

  • Yamaka — the sixth book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka (the ‘Book of Pairs’)

yamaka2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Yamaka — a monk holding heretical views, refuted by Sāriputta (see Yamaka Sutta)

  • SN 22.85

    tena kho pana samayena yamakassa nāma bhikkhuno evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti

yamaka3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Yamaka — a minister in the retinue of King Eḷeyya, a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta

  • AN 4.187

    ime'pi rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā bālā, yamako moggallo uggo nāvindakī gandhabbo aggivesso, ye samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasannā, samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karonti, yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikamman'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

yāmakā
  1. yāma

    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)

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

yāmaekā
  1. yāma

    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)

  2. ekā

    one; first; single; alone; unique

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Yamaka
Text

  • The sixth book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, arranged in ten paired chapters that examine categories of doctrine through contrasting questions.

Yamaka2
Person

  • A monk holding the heretical view that an Arahant is annihilated at death, refuted by Sāriputta.

SN 22.85·Attains arahantship
Yamaka3
Person

  • A retainer of King Eleyya who followed the ascetic teacher Udaka Rāmaputta.

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