[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.c32.93 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c32.93 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c32.93 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.93) In the Jātakas⁷ the Nirayas are particularly mentioned as Yama’s abode (\*Yamakkhaya\*, \*Yamanivesana\*, \*Yamasādana\*, etc.); but, more generally, all \*samsāra\* is considered as subject to Yama’s rule, and escape from \*samsāra\* means escape from Yama’s influence, Yama being the god of Death. It is evidently in this sense that Yama is called Vesāyī (\*q.v.\*).⁸ Yama is sometimes mentioned⁹ with Indra, Varuṇa, Soma, Pajāpati, etc., as a god to whom sacrifices are offered. There is a tradition¹⁰ that once Yama longed to be born as a human being and to sit at the feet of a Tathāgata. - [Previous: v2.c32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.92) - [Next: v2.c32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.94) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c32.93) · Pramāṇa