[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 2.138 # 翻譯名義集 2.138 翻譯名義集 2.138 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.138) 【琰（以再）魔】或云琰羅。此翻靜息，以能靜息造惡者不善業故。或翻遮，謂遮令不造惡故。或閻磨羅，《經音義》應云：「夜磨盧迦，此云雙世，鬼官之總司也。亦云閻羅焰魔，聲之轉也。亦云閻魔羅社，此云雙王。兄及妹，皆作地獄主，兄治男事，妹治女事，故曰雙王。或翻苦樂並受，故云雙也。」《婆沙》、《顯揚》并《正法念》，皆言鬼趣所收。《瑜珈》，地獄趣收。又《瑜珈論》「問：『焰摩王，為能損害，為能饒益，名法王？』答：『由饒益眾生故，若諸眾生執到王所，令憶念故，遂為現彼相似之身。告言：「汝等自作，當受其果。由感那落迦，新業更不積集，故業盡已，脫那落迦。」是故焰摩，由能饒益諸眾生，故名法王。』」論云：「此贍部洲下，過五百踰繕那，有琰魔王國，縱廣亦爾。」 > \[Yama\] (pronounced with zai). Also called Yanluo. This translates as 'quieting', because he can quiet the unwholesome karma of evildoers. Alternatively, it translates as 'restraining', meaning he restrains them so they do not commit evil. Or Yamarāja. The \*Jingyinyi\* states that it should be: 'Yamaloka, which translates as "Twin World", the general office of the ghost officials. It is also called Yanluo or Yanmo, which are phonetic shifts. It is also called Yamarāja, which translates as "Twin Kings". Brother and sister both serve as lords of hell: the brother governs the affairs of men, and the sister governs the affairs of women; hence they are called the Twin Kings. Alternatively, it translates as "experiencing both suffering and pleasure together", hence called "twin".' The \*Vibhāṣā\*, \*Prakaraṇāryavācā\*, and \*Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra\* all state that he belongs to the ghost realm. The \*Yogācārabhūmi\* places him in the hell realm. Furthermore, the \*Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra\* asks: 'Is King Yama called the Dharma King because he is able to harm, or because he is able to benefit?' It answers: 'Because he benefits sentient beings. When sentient beings are brought before the king, in order to make them remember, he manifests a body similar to theirs and tells them: "You made this yourselves and must receive its fruit. Having incurred naraka (hell), do not accumulate further new karma, so that when this karma is exhausted, you may be liberated from naraka." Therefore, Yama is called the Dharma King because he can benefit all sentient beings.' The treatise says: 'Five hundred yojanas below this Jambudvīpa, there is the kingdom of King Yama, which is also of the same length and breadth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.137) - [Next: 2.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.139) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.2.138) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.380) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.138) · Pramāṇa