夜摩

夜摩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	摩
や Grade: 2	ま Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit यम (yáma)[1], from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yámas.

Proper noun

夜(や)摩(ま) • (Yama) 

1. (Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death
2. (Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, “Naraka, hell”)
   • 1909, Kinoshita Mokutaro, “Nanban ji monzen” (On the front of the Christian church):

     千代(せんだい)　空(そら)の、空(そら)の、大空(おおぞら)の、夜摩(やま)の国(くに)といふところに、ぢぢ様(さま)も、父様(ちちさま)も、また死(し)んだ其方(そなた)の妹(いも)も

     Sendai sora no, sora no, ōzora no, Yama no kuni to ifu tokoro ni, jijisama mo, chichisama mo, mata shinda sonata no imo mo

     A thousand years, the sky, the sky, the big sky, in the realm of Yama, dear Grandfather, and Father, and Sister who died and passed that way

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN