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  • Yadoya Mitsunori

    [宿屋光則] (n.d.)

  • yaksha

    [夜叉] (;  yasha)

  • Yakushi

    [薬師] ()

  • Yakushi-ji

    [薬師寺] (1) (2)

  • Yakushin

    [益信] (827–906)

  • Yama

    [閻魔] (, Pali;  Emma)

  • Yāma Heaven

    [夜摩天] (;  Yama-ten)

  • Yamashina-dera

    [山階寺]

  • yāna

    [乗] (, Pali;  jō)

  • Yasa

    [耶舎] (Pali;  Yasha)

  • Yashas

    [耶舎・耶輸陀・夜輸] (; Pali Yasa;  Yasha, Yashuda, or Yashu)

  • Yashodharā

    [耶輸陀羅・耶輸多羅] (; Pali Yasodharā;  Yashudara or Yashutara)

  • Yin-yüan

    [隠元] (PY Yinyuan;  Ingen)

  • yoga

    [瑜伽] (, Pali;  yuga)

  • Yogāchāra school

    [瑜伽行派] (;  Yugagyō-ha)

  • yojana

    [由旬] (, Pali;  yujun)

  • Yōkan

    [永観] (1033–1111)

  • Yokei

    [余慶] (919–991)

  • Yü-ch’üan-ssu

    [玉泉寺] (PY Yuquansi;  Gyokusen-ji)

  • Yüeh-chih

    [月氏] (PY Yuezhi;  Gesshi)

  • Yün-kang caves

    [雲岡石窟] (PY Yungang;  Unkō-sekkutsu)

  • Yūzū Nembutsu school

    [融通念仏宗] ( Yūzū Nembutsu-shū)

Yashodharā [耶輸陀羅・耶輸多羅] (; Pali Yasodharā;  Yashudara or Yashutara): The wife of Shakyamuni before he renounced secular life; mother of Rāhula. According to the Buddhist scriptures, she was a very beautiful woman, and Shuddhodana, Shakyamuni’s father, wished for her to be his son’s wife. Yashodharā’s father offered his daughter to the man who could prove himself most worthy through various feats of intellect and strength, and Shakyamuni easily surpassed all rivals, including his cousin Devadatta. After the birth of their son Rāhula, Shakyamuni renounced secular life and eventually attained enlightenment. Yashodharā converted to his teachings and became a Buddhist nun.


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