Pāli Dictionary

yamataggi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • ヤマタッギ（善行で知られた古代ヴェーダの聖仙の名）

  • 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?

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

yāmatoaggi
  1. yāmatoyāma

    夜分（一夜を三分した初夜・中夜・後夜のいずれか）；時間帯；（律蔵において）正午から夜明けまでの「非時」（yāmakālika 更薬など）

  2. aggi

    火；火炎

Encyclopedia

Yamataggi
Person

  • 徳高い生き方で名高く、ヴェーダ讃歌の創始者の一人に数えられる古代の仙人。別の伝承では古代の王とされ、ヴェーダの人物ジャマダグニと同一視される。

  • 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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