[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c32.280 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c32.280 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c32.280 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c32.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.279) - [Next: v2.c32.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.281) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.280) · Pramāṇa