yāma, (1) (12472)

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yāma, (1)
Entry 12472, Page 446, Col. 2
(yAma, yAma)
yāma, (1)¦ m., regularly pl. (= Pali id.), n. of a class of kāmāvacara gods, see s.v. deva: Mv i.33.3; 40.15; 212.15; 229.15; 240.4; 333.6; ii.16.4; 163.11; 359.21; iii.319.13; LV 45.9; 46.20; 150.3; 219.8; 327.18; 364.15 (see s.v. Suyāma); 396.14; 401.9 f.; Mvy 3080; Dharmas 127; Divy 68.13; 140.12; 367.10; Av i.5.1; Suv 86.9; Mmk 19.12, etc.; as sg., one of this class, presumably = [Page447-a+ 71] Suyāma, q.v., yāmeṣu…yāmasya devasya putro Divy 140.12; (2) nt., a high number: Gv 133.2 f. (cited Mvy as poma, q.v.).

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