suyAma
Suyāma (= Pali id. ), n. of the head of the yāma ( q.v. ) gods: Suyāmadevaputrapramukhāḥ yāmā (so read with v.l. and Calc. , supported by Tib. , for Lefm. suyāmā) devāḥ LV 364.15 ; yāmādhipatiṃ … ca suyāmaṃ Mv i.265.6 (so read for Senart Va-suyāmā, v.l. ca Suyāmā); note also LV 58.21 ; 302.6 , in both of which the official position of S. is clear from the context; apparently the same, in general clearly a single individual, lord of his class, LV 44.10 ; 58.21 ; 241.1 ; 441.17 ; (formally not clear whether sg. or pl. , but surely sg. , LV 50.5 ; 327.18 ; 328.3 ;) Mv i.208.13 ; 230.13 ; 263.19 ; ii.11.1 ; iii.315.6 ; Mvy 3138 ; Mmk 69.5 (misprinted Sayāma); Bbh 340.14 ; cases where Su° seems to be pluralized, as if used for the class of yāma gods as a whole, are prob. only apparent; so daśa ca Suyāma-devarāja-sahasrāṇi Gv 118.22 , compare the parallel daśa ca śakra-devendra-śatasahasrāṇi 119.1 (Śakra was certainly a single individual; similar phrases with Vaśavarti 117.21 ; Sunirmita 118.3 ; and Saṃtuṣita 118.15 ); cf. Gv 185.7 ; similarly in Gv 249.21 Suyāmadevarāja- is followed in 22 by parallel Śakra-devarāja- (and preceded by Vaśavarti- 17 , Sunirmita- 18 , and Saṃtuṣita- 20 , all names of the individual rulers of their classes); and likewise Gv 331.8 . Accordingly we should interpret Suyāma patiḥ RP 52.18 and Suyāmādhipatir Dbh.g. 53(79).14 as Suyāma the Lord (of yāma gods). In the Dbh.g. passage we find, to be sure, as a parallel, trayastriṃśādhipo bhavet 53(79).8 , which can only mean lord of the Trayastriṃśa (class) ; but note Saṃtuṣitādhipo 22 , Sunirmitādhipo 54(80).1 , and Vaśavartīśvaro ( the Lord Vaśavartin ) bhavet 9 (in all these adhipo, īśvaro may be separate words, not necessarily parts of cpds. !) and esp. Brahmā sāhasrikādhipaḥ 17 . So in the RP context we find ( 52.17 , vs ) Brahmāpi Śakra api lokapatiḥ bhavate ca Saṃtusita devapatiḥ (may be read as separate words!), ( 18 ) Paranirmito 'pi ca Suyāma patiḥ (this may also be two words!) …