Yamaka
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The term "Yamaka" refers to one of the seven texts within the Abhidhamma Pitaka, which is the third collection of texts in the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Abhidhamma Pitaka is known for its detailed scholastic reworking of Buddhist doctrine, focusing on ethics, psychology, and epistemology. The Yamaka itself is a series of questions concerning psychological phenomena, presented in pairs of opposite inquiries.1
It is important to distinguish this text from "Yamāntaka," which is one of the eight fierce protective deities in northern Buddhism. Similarly, "Yama" is also a term for one of the eight fierce protective deities in Tibetan Buddhism.23
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- Abhidhamma Pitaka
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