夜摩
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 夜 | 摩 |
| や Grade: 2 (ateji) |
ま Grade: S (ateji) |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit यम (yáma),[1] from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yámas. Doublet of 閻魔 (Enma).
Proper noun
夜摩 • (Yama)
- (Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death
- (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 空の、空の、大空の、夜摩の国といふところに、ぢぢ様も、父様も、また死んだ其方の妹も
- 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
- 千代 空の、空の、大空の、夜摩の国といふところに、ぢぢ様も、父様も、また死んだ其方の妹も
- 1909, Kinoshita Mokutaro, “Nanban ji monzen” (On the front of the Christian church):
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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