Pāli Dictionary

yamataggi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Yamataggi, name of an ancient sage of good conduct, one of the reciters of the Vedic hymns

  • MN 95

    seyyath'idaṃ, aṭṭhako vāmako vāmadevo vessāmitto yamataggi aṅgīraso bhāradvājo vāseṭṭho kassapo bhagu, te'pi evam'āhaṃsu, mayam'etaṃ jānāma, mayam'etaṃ passāma. idam'eva saccaṃ, mogham'aññan'ti?

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Compound structure

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yāmatoaggi
  1. yāmatoyāma

    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. aggi

    fire; flames; conflagration (also the cremation fire)

Encyclopedia

Yamataggi
Person

  • An ancient sage renowned for his virtuous life and counted among the originators of the Vedic hymns, elsewhere described as a king of old and identified with the Vedic figure Jamadagni.

MN 95AN 7.52

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