The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Yapeti
Yapeti see y!peti.
Yabhati
Yabhati [one passage in Atharva Veda; cp. Gr. oi)/fw "futuo," Lat. ibex (see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v.)] to
cohabit, futuere, only given as root yabh with defn "methune" at Dhtp 215 & Dhtm 308.
Yama
Yama1 [fr. yam] restraint PvA 98 (+niyama).
Yama
Yama2 [Vedic Yama] the ruler of the kingdom of the dead. See details in Dicty. of Names. In cpds. often in
general sense of "death" or "manes," or "pet!"; e. g.
-- 551 --
-- d(ta Death's messenger Sdhp 287; cp. Yamassa d(t! Vv 522 (see VvA 224), or deva -- d(ta A i.138 (see
under d(ta), alias niraya -- p!la A i.138 and passim. -- purisa (a)=˚d(ta Dh 235 (cp. DhA iii.335); VvA 223;
(b) ˚puris! Yama -- people, i. e. Petas Pv iv.38 (cp. PvA 251). -- loka the yama -- world or world of the
Petas Dh 44, 45; PvA 107 & freq. -- visaya=˚loka Pv ii.82 & passim. -- s!dana Y's kingdom, or the realm of
the dead J vi.267, 304; vi.457, 505.
Yama
Yama3 (m. nt.) [Vedic yama=yama2; fr. yam in meaning "to combine," cp. Av. y!"ma twin, Mir. emuin id.]
(nt.) a pair, (m.) a twin Abhp 628. See der. yamaka.
Yamaka
Yamaka [fr. yama3] 1. (adj.) double, twin; only in foll. combns: ˚p!&ih!riya (& ˚h"ra) the miracle of the
double appearances, a miracle performed by the Buddha in S!vatth" to refute the heretical teachers (cp. Vin
iii.332, Samanta -- p!s!dika; and in detail DA i.57). It consisted in the appearance of phenomena of
opposite character in pairs, as e. g. streaming forth of fire & water. (Cp. Mhvs trsln 120). The miracle was
repeatedly performed by the Buddha & is often referred to, e. g. at Ps i.125 (˚h"ra); J i.77, 88, 193; Miln
106 (˚h"ra'), 349 (˚h!riya'); Mhvs 17, 44, 50; 30, 82; 31, 99; D!vs i.50 (˚h"ra'); DhA iii.213 (id.); SnA 36;
Vism 390; PvA 137. -- s!l! the pair of Sal willows in between of which the Buddha passed away VvA 165;
PvA 212. -- 2. (adj. or m.) a twin, twin child Mhvs 6, 9 (yamake duve putta' ca dh"tara' janesi), 37
(so)asakkhattu' yamake duve duve putte janayi); DhA i.353 (same, with vij!yi). -- 3. (nt.) a pair, couple, N.
of one of the Abhidhamma canonical books, also called Yamaka -- ppakara*a; Tikp 8. -- The Yamakasutta
refers to the conversion of the bhikkhu Yamaka and is given at S iii.109 sq.; mentioned at Vism 479 &
VbhA 32. The phrase yamakato sammasana at Vism 626 may mean "in pairs" (like kal!pato "in a bundle"
ibid.), or may refer to the Yamaka -- sutta with its discussion of anicca, dukkha, anatta.
Yamata'
Yamata' at S i.14 (sa v"tivatto yamata' sumedho) we should read (with Mrs. Rh. D.'s emendation K.S. p.
320) as ya' mata' (Cy.: maññana'; trsl. "he rich in wisdom hath escaped beyond conceits and deemings of
the errant mind").