Pāli Dictionary

yamataggi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 耶摩德祗（古代善行仙人之名，吠陀詩頌作者之一）

  • 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）

  2. aggi

    火；火焰（亦指火葬之火）

Encyclopedia

Yamataggi
Person

  • 一位古代的仙人，以德行著稱並勸勉弟子效仿，被列為吠陀讚歌的創作者之一，另有記載稱他為古代國王，與吠陀人物閻摩達耆尼（Jamadagni）為同一人。

  • 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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