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yamassa

yama

masc dat sg of yama (noun); masc gen sg of yama (noun)

1. ruler of the underworld; king of death; lit. end

Etymology. √yam + a; from √yam 'control, strive, end'; Sanskrit yama [yam]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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