noun
Yama; King of the Dead
Buddhist term for Yama, the judge of the dead. This full transliteration 閻魔羅闍 is rare; the common form is 閻魔 (えんま).
See also: 閻魔
仏教では、閻魔羅闍は死者の生前の行いを裁くとされる。
In Buddhism, Yama-rāja is said to judge the deeds of the dead.
Common abbreviation of 閻魔羅闍. Used in everyday references to the judge of hell, e.g., 閻魔大王.
Transliteration of Sanskrit Yama-rāja (यमराज), meaning 'King Yama'. The form 閻魔羅闍 is a full phonetic rendering; the shortened 閻魔 is standard in Japanese.