Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c32.280
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c32.280
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v2.c32.280
1. Yāmā.—A class of Devas, mentioned in lists of devas between those of Tāvatimsa and those of Tusita.¹ Two hundred years of human life are but one day to the Yāma-devā, and two thousand years, composed of such days, form their life-period.² Sirimā, sister of Jīvaka, was born after death in the Yāma-world and became the wife of Suyāma, king of Yāmabhavana. From there she visited the Buddha with five hundred others.³