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), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yámas. Doublet of 閻魔 (Enma).

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”^[1] (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