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Pāli Proper Names — Y

Yābālagāma.– One of the villages given by Aggabodhi IX for the supply of medicinal gruel to the smaller monasteries of Anurādhapura. Cv.xlix.89.

Yācitagāma.– A ford in the Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā. Cv.lxxii.39.

Yad anicca Sutta

Yadatthīya.– A king of twenty-seven world-cycles ago, a former birth of Pannadāyaka. Ap.i.229.

Yādhava.– A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.163, 173, 177.

Yagālla.– A place in Sri Lanka, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx.105.

Yāgu Sutta.– The five advantages of gruel: it satisfies hunger, keeps off thirst, regulates wind, cleanses the bladder, and digests raw remnants of food. A.iii.250.

Yāgudānānumodanā Sutta.– A sutta quoted in the Suttasaṅgaha (No.61) from the Mahā Vagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka (Vin.i.220 f ) on the virtues of giving congey (yāgu). The MT. (p.666) calls it Andhakavinda Sutta.

Yāgudāyaka Thera

Yajamāna Sutta.– Sakka asks the Buddha how best to offer gifts, so as to gain great reward. The Buddha replies that the gifts should be offered to the Order of monks. S.i.233.

Yakkha

Yakkha Saṃyutta.– The tenth chapter of the Saṃyuttanikāya. S.i.206 ff.

Yakkhasūkaratittha.– A ford on the Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā. Cv.lxxii.21; Cv.Trs.i.321, n.1.

Yama

Yāmā

Yāmahanu.– One of the seven sages who lived the holy life and were reborn in the Brahma world. J.vi.99.

Yamaka

Yamaka Pātihāriya

Yamaka Sutta

Yamaka Vagga

Yamakapātihāriya Vatthu.– The story of the Twin Miracle (Yamaka Pātihāriya). DhA.iii.199‑230.

Yamakolī

Yamataggi (Yamadaggi)

Yamelutekulā

Yamunā

Yāmuna, Yāmuneyya.– Derivatives of Yamunā.

Yañña Sutta

Yañña.– See Aññāta-Koṇḍañña. Mil. 236.

Yaññabhedavāda.– A poem of twenty-one stanzas in which Bhūridatta describes to his brother Ariṭṭha the various kinds of sacrifices and their futility. J.vi.205 ff.

Yaññadatta

Yasa

Yasa Sutta

Yasadatta Thera

Yasalālaka Tissa

Yasapāni.– King of Bārāṇasī. See the Dhammaddhaja Jātaka.

Yasasa.– See Yasa (3).

Yasavā 1.– A khattiya of Candavatī, father of Anomadassī Buddha. Bu.viii.17; J.i.36; DhA.i.105 calls him Yasavanta.

Yasavā 2.– One of the palaces occupied by Maṅgala Buddha. BuA.116.

Yasava.– One of the chief lay supporters of Sumedha Buddha. Bu.xii.25.

Yasavaddhanavatthu.– A book by Tipiṭakālaṅkāra Thera, written at the request of Nyaung Ram Min. Bode, op.cit., 53.

Yasavanta.– See Yasavā (1).

Yasavatī

Yasodhara

Yasodharā

Yasoja Thera v.l. Yasojoti Thera

Yasoja Sutta.– The story of Yasoja Thera as given in the Udāna. SNA.i.312.

Yassam disam Sutta

Yassasī.– The name of a Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.69; ApA.i.106; MA.ii.890.

Yasuttarā

Yathābhata Sutta

Yatthālatissa, Yatthālayatissa

Yatthālaya-vihāra.– A vihāra in Rohaṇa, where Yaṭṭhālayatissa was born. Mhv.xxii.10.

Yatthikanda.– A district in Malaya in Sri Lanka, mentioned in the account of the wars between Gajabāhu and Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx. 7, 9.

Yava.– Son of Brahmadatta and afterwards king of Bārāṇasī. For his story see the Mūsika Jātaka.

Yāva-jarā Sutta.– A name given in the Suttasaṅgaha (No.36) to the Jarā Sutta (2) (q.v.)

Yavakalāpi Sutta

Yavakalāpīya Thera.– An Arahant. He was a barley reaper (? yavasika) in the time of Sikhī Buddha, and one day, seeing the Buddha on the road, he spread a sheaf of barley for his seat. Ap.i.282.

Yavamajjhaka.– A village near Mithilā, the residence of Amarādevī, wife of Mahosadha. J.vi.365, 366; 330 says there were villages of this name on the four sides of Mithilā.

Yavapālaka Vimānavatthu

Yo no cedam Sutta see Nocedaṃ Sutta

Yodha Sutta

Yodha Vagga.– The eighth section of the Rasavāhinī.

Yodhājīva Sutta

Yodhājīva Vagga

Yoga Sutta

Yogakkhemi Sutta.– The Tathāgata has won security from bondage, because he has abandoned desire for objects, etc. S.iv.85.

Yogakkhema Vagga.– The eleventh chapter of the Salāyatana Saṃyutta. S.iv.85 ff.

Yogavinicchaya.– A Commentary by Vācissara. Gv.68; P.L.C.202.

Yona Mahādhammarakkhita Thera.– With thirty thousand others, he came from Alasandā to the Foundation Ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa. Mhv.xxix.39.

Yonā, Yavanā, Yonakā

Yonaka Dhammarakkhita

Yonisomanasikāra Sutta.– Mindfulness comes about by systematic attention (yoniso manasikāra) and goes through it to fulfilment. S.v.94 f.

Yonisomanasikārasampadā  Sutta

Yudhañjaya Vagga.– The third section of the Cariyāpiṭaka.

Yudhañjaya.– See Yuvañjaya Jātaka.

Yudhitthila

Yuganaddha or Yuganandha Sutta

Yuganandha-kathā.– The first chapter of the Paṭisambhidāmagga. Ps.ii.98 ff.

Yugandhara

Yūthikapupphiya

Yuvañjaya Jātaka (No.460)

Yuvañjaya.– The Bodhisatta born as the son of King Sabbadatta. See the Yuvañjaya Jātaka. v.l. Yudhañjaya.