masculine
the ruler of the kingdom of the dead
Yama 1 [from yam] restraint Pv-a 98 (+ niyama). Yama 2 [Vedic Yama] the ruler of the kingdom of the dead. See details in DPPN . In compounds often in general sense of "death" or "manes," or "petā"; e.g. {551} -dūta Death's messenger Saddh 287; cf. Yamassa dūtā Vv 52 2 (see Vv-a 224), or deva-dūta A I 138 (see under dūta), alias Niraya-pāla A I 138 and passim . -purisa (a) = °dūta Dhp 235 (cf. Dhp-a III 335); Vv-a 223;(b) °purisā Yama-people, i.e. petas Pv IV 3 6 (cf. Pv-a 251); -loka the Yama world or world of the petas Dhp 44, 45; Pv-a 107 and frequent; -visaya = °loka Pv II 82 and passim ; -sādana Y.'s kingdom, or the realm of the dead Ja VI 267, 304; VI 457, 505. Yama 3 (masculine neuter) [Vedic yama = Yama 2 ; from yam in meaning "to combine," cf. Avesta yə̄ma twin, MIr. emuin the same] (neuter) a pair, (masculine) a twin Abh 628. See derivation yamaka.
【陽】 閻摩（死亡王國的統治者）。~dūta,【陽】 閻摩的使者（死亡的報信者）。~purisa,【陽】 閻摩的人（地獄的兵卒）。~rāja,【陽】 閻摩王。~loka,【陽】 亡靈的世界。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Yama</c> </b> <br>The god of death. When beings die they are led before him to be judged according to their deeds. Birth, old age, illness, punishment for crime and death, are regarded as his messengers, sent among men as a warning to abstain from ill and do good. Yama questions beings brought before him as to whether they have seen these messengers and profited by them. If the answer is in the negative, the nirayapālas take them away to the different hells. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.iii.179ff.</c> <br>In the Mahāsamaya Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.259</c> mention is made of two Yamas.<br>There is a tradition <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.i.142</c> that once Yama longed to be born as a human being and to sit at the feet of a Tathāgata.<br> <br> </deftext>
yama a. [ yam-GaY ] 1 Twin, twinborn. 2 Coupled. — maH 1 Restraining, controlling, curbing. 2 Control, restraint. 3 Self-control. 4 Any great moral or religious duty or observance ( opp. niyama ); taptaM yamena niyamena tapo'munEva N. 13. 16. ( yama and niyama are thus distinguished:- SarIrasADanApekzaM nityaM yatkarma tadyamaH . niyamastu sa yatkarma nityamAgatuMsADanaM .. Ak. ; see Malli. on Śi. 13. 23 and Ki. 10. 10 also. The yamas are usually said to be ten, but their names are given differently by different writers; e. g. brahmacaryaM dayA kzAMtirdAnaM satyamakalkatA . ahiMsA'steyamADurye damaSceti yamAH smftAH .. Y. 3. 313 ; or AnfSaMsyaM dayA satyamahiMsA kzAMtirArjavam . prItiH prasAdo mADuryaM mArdavaM ca yamA daSa .. ; sometimes only five yamas are mentioned: — ahiMsA satyavacanaM brahmacayarmakalkatA . asteyamiti paMcEte yamAKyAni vratAni ca .. ). 5 The first of the eight angas or means of attaining Yoga; the eight angas are: - yamaniyamAsanaprARAyAmapratyAhAraDAraRADyAnasamADayo'zwAvaMgAni . 6 The god of death, death personified, regarded as a son of the sun; dattABaye tvayi yamAdapi daMqaDAre U. 2. 11. 7 A twin; DarmAtmajaM prati yamO ca ( i. e. nakulasahadevO ) kaTEva nAsti Ve. 2. 25 ; yamayoScEva garBezu janmato jyezWatA matA Ms. 9. 126. 8 One of a pair or couple, a fellow. 9 N. of Saturn. 10 A crow. 11 A symbolical expression for the number ‘two’. 12 Ved. A rein, bridle. 13 Ved. A driver, charioteer. — maM 1 A pair or couple. 2 (In gram. ) The twin letter of any consonant. 3 Pitch of the voice. — mI N. of the river Yamunā. Comp. — anugaH, -anucaraH a servant or attendant of Yama. — aMtakaH an epithet of 1 Śiva. 2 of Yama. — ariH, -GnaH , — ripuH &c. N. of Viṣṇu. — ISaM the Nakṣatra Bharaṇī. — kiMkaraH a messenger of death. — kIwaH 1 a wood-louse. 2 an earth-worm. — kIlaH N. of Viṣṇu. — kowiH -wI N. of a mythical town to the east of Laṅkā. — ja a. twin-born, twin; BrAtarO AvAM yamajO U. 6 ; 4. — daMzwrA ( pb ) ‘Yama's tooth’, the jaws of death. ( — zwrAH pl. ) the last eight days of the month Āśvina and the whole of Kārtika (regarded as a period of general sickness). — dUtaH -dUtakaH 1 a messenger of death. 2 a crow. — dUtikA tamarind. — devatA the asterism Bharaṇī. — dvitIyA the second day in the bright half of Kārtika when sisters entertain their brothers ( Mar. BAUbIja ); cf. BrAtfdvitIyA . — DAnI the abode of Yama; naraH saMsArAMte viSati yamaDAnIjavanikAM Bh. 3. 112. — DAraH a kind of double-edged weapon. — pASaH the noose of Yama. — puruzaH Yama's servant or minister. — priyaH the fig-tree. — BaginI N. of the river Yamunā. — yAtanA the tortures inflicted by Yama upon sinners after death, (the word is sometimes used to denote ‘horrible tortures’, ‘extreme pain’). — rAja m. Yama, the god of death. — vAhanaH , — raTaH a buffalo. — saBA the tribunal of Yama. — sUryaM a building with two halls, one facing the west and the other facing the north. — svasf f. 1 N. of the river Yamunā. 2 N. of Durgā.
(masc, masc, from yamati) ruler of the underworld; king of death ruler of the kingdom of the dead [lit.] end Construction: √yam + a