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Yama (lit), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka.[1]

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  1. 136 relations: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Agni, Apastamba Dharmasutra, Aryaman, Ashvins, Asura, Avesta, Ātman (Hinduism), Balarama, Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavata Purana, Brahma, Brahma Purana, Brahmin, Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Buddhist mythology, Canto, Chinese mythology, Chitragupta, Daksha, Danda, Deva (Hinduism), Dharma, Dharmapala, Dhritarashtra, Dis Pater, Draupadi, Dyaus, East Asian Buddhism, Gada (mace), Gana, Garuda Purana, Ghee, Hades, Hell, Hindu cosmology, Hinduism, India, Indra, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Janamejaya, Japanese mythology, Justice, Kalantaka, Kartikeya, Katha Upanishad, Kaurava, Kṣitigarbha, Kāla, Korean mythology, ... Expand index (86 more) »

  2. Death and Hinduism
  3. Divine twins
  4. Justice gods
  5. Lokapala

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Agni

Agni (अग्नि) is the Hindu god of fire. Yama and Agni are Lokapala.

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Apastamba Dharmasutra

Āpastamba Dharmasūtra (Sanskrit: आपस्तम्ब धर्मसूत्र) is a Sanskrit text and one of the oldest Dharma-related texts of Hinduism that have survived into the modern age from the 1st millennium BCE.

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Aryaman

Aryaman is one of the early Vedic Hindu deities.

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Ashvins

The Ashvins (lit), also known as the Ashvini Kumaras and Asvinau,, §1.42. Yama and Ashvins are divine twins.

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Asura

Asuras are a class of beings in Indian religions.

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Avesta

The Avesta is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism from at least the late Sassanid period (ca. 6th century CE).

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Ātman (Hinduism)

Ātman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within each individual.

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Balarama

Balarama (बलराम) is a Hindu god, and the elder brother of Krishna.

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Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita (translit-std), often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is part of the epic Mahabharata.

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Bhagavata Purana

The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).

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Brahma

Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva. Yama and Brahma are Lokapala.

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Brahma Purana

The Brahma Purana (ब्रह्मपुराण or ब्राह्मपुराण) is one of the eighteen major Puranas collections of Hindu texts in Sanskrit.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.

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Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Theravada Buddhism is the largest and official religion of Sri Lanka, practiced by 70.2% of the population as of 2012.

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Buddhist mythology

The Buddhist traditions have created and maintained a vast body of mythological literature.

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Canto

The canto is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry.

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Chinese mythology

Chinese mythology is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China.

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Chitragupta

Chitragupta ('rich in secrets' or 'hidden picture') is a Hindu deity who serves as the registrar of the dead. Yama and Chitragupta are death and Hinduism and Justice gods.

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Daksha

In Hinduism, Daksha (lit) is one of the prajapati, the agents of creation, as well as a divine king-rishi.

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Danda

In Indic scripts, the daṇḍa (Sanskrit: दण्ड "stick") is a punctuation mark.

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Deva (Hinduism)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.

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Dharma

Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.

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Dharmapala

A dharmapāla is a type of wrathful god in Buddhism. The name means "dharma protector" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Justice (Dharma), or the Guardians of the Law. There are two kinds of dharmapala, Worldly Guardians (lokapala) and Wisdom Protectors (jnanapala).

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Dhritarashtra

Dhritarashtra (धृतराष्ट्र, ISO-15919: Dhr̥tarāṣṭra) was a Kuru king, and the father of the Kauravas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Dis Pater

Dis Pater (genitive Ditis Patris), otherwise known as Rex Infernus or Pluto, is a Roman god of the underworld. Yama and Dis Pater are death gods.

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Draupadi

Draupadi (Daughter of Drupada), also referred to as Krishnā, Panchali, and Yajnaseni, was the queen of ancient Kuru Kingdom, and the eldest wife of Kuru King Yudhishthira, along with his four brothers (Pandava)— Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva.

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Dyaus

Dyaus or Dyauspitr (द्यौष्पितृ) is the Rigvedic sky deity.

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East Asian Buddhism

East Asian Buddhism or East Asian Mahayana is a collective term for the schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed across East Asia which follow the Chinese Buddhist canon.

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Gada (mace)

The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Kannada: ಗದೆ, Telugu: గద, Tamil: கதை, Malay: gedak, Old Tagalog: batuta) is a mallet or blunt mace from the Indian subcontinent.

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Gana

The word (Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means "flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, category, series, or class".

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Garuda Purana

The Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mahāpurāṇa texts in Hinduism.

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Ghee

Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India.

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Hades

Hades (Hā́idēs,, later), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Hindu cosmology

Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according to Hindu texts.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indra

Indra (इन्द्र) is the king of the devas and Svarga in Hinduism. Yama and Indra are Lokapala.

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International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.

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Janamejaya

Janamejaya (जनमेजय) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period.

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Japanese mythology

Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago.

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Justice

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.

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Kalantaka

Kalantaka (Sanskrit: कालान्तक, ender of time) is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as the conqueror of time and death, itself personified by the god Yama.

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Kartikeya

Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war.

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Katha Upanishad

The Katha Upanishad (कठोपनिषद्), is an ancient Hindu text and one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last eight short sections of the school of the Krishna Yajurveda.

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Kaurava

Kaurava is a Sanskrit term which refers to descendants of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata.

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Kṣitigarbha

Kṣitigarbha (क्षितिगर्भ,, ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་ Wylie: sa yi snying po) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk.

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Kāla

Kala (translit) is a Sanskrit term that means 'time' or 'death'. Yama and Kāla are death gods.

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Korean mythology

Korean mythology is the group of myths told by historical and modern Koreans.

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Krishna

Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Kunti

Kunti (कुन्ती), born Pritha (पृथा), was the queen of Kuru in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Lokapala

(लोकपाल), Sanskrit, Pāli, and Tibetan for "guardian of the world", has different uses depending on whether it is found in a Hindu or Buddhist context.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Maitreya (Mahābhārata)

Maitreya (मैत्रेय) (sometimes written Mythreya) was a sage or Maharishi in the Mahabharata.

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Mandavya

Mandavya, also called Aṇi Māṇḍavya, is a sage in Hinduism.

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Markandeya

Markandeya (translit) is a rishi (sage) featured in Hindu literature.

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Matsya Purana

The Matsya Purana (IAST: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre of Sanskrit literature in Hinduism.

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Mitra (Hindu god)

Mitra (मित्र) is a Hindu god and generally one of the Adityas (the sons of the goddess Aditi), though his role has changed over time.

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Moksha

Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. Yama and Moksha are death and Hinduism.

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Muni (saint)

Muni (Sanskrit: मुनि, "silent") is a term for types of ancient Indian sages and hermits or ancient Indian ascetics.

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Nachiketa

Nachiketa, also rendered Nachiketas and Nachiketan, is a character in Hindu literature.

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Naraka

Naraka (नरक) is the realm of hell in Indian religions.

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Naraka (Hinduism)

Naraka (नरक), also called Yamaloka, is the Hindu equivalent of Hell, where sinners are tormented after death.

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Narayana

Narayana is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu.

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Noose

A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot.

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Osiris

Osiris (from Egyptian wsjr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail.

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Pali Canon

The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.

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Pandava

The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Pasha (Hinduism)

Pasha, often translated as "noose" or "lasso", is a supernatural weapon depicted in Hindu iconography.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.

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Pitrs

The pitrs are the spirits of departed ancestors in Hinduism.

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Pluto

Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.

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Pluto (mythology)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto (Πλούτων) was the ruler of the Greek underworld.

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Prajapati

Prajapati (lit) is a Vedic deity of Hinduism.

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Prithvi

Prithvi (Sanskrit: पृथ्वी,, also पृथिवी,, "the Vast One"), also rendered Pṛthvī Mātā, is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of a devi (goddess) in Hinduism of the earth and some branches of Buddhism.

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Puranas

Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Ratri

Ratri also referred to as Nisha, is a Vedic goddess in Hinduism.

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Revanta

Revanta or Raivata (Sanskrit: रेवन्त, lit. "brilliant") is a minor Hindu deity.

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Rigveda

The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).

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Romulus and Remus

In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells of the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus. Yama and Romulus and Remus are divine twins.

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Rope

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form.

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Sandipani

Sandipani, sometimes rendered Sāndīpana, is the guru of Krishna and Balarama in Hinduism.

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Sanjna

Sanjna (सञ्ज्ञा), also known as Saranyu (सरण्यू), is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of Surya, the Sun god.

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Sarama

In Hindu mythology, Sarama (सरमा) is a mythological dog being referred to as the female dog of the gods, or Deva-shuni (देव-शुनी). She first appears in one of Hinduism's earliest texts, the Rig Veda, in which she helps the king of the gods Indra to recover divine cows stolen by the Panis asuras.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

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Satya Yuga

Satya Yuga (Krita Yuga) (IAST: Kṛta-yuga), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Kali Yuga of the previous cycle and followed by Treta Yuga.

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Satyavati

Satyavati (सत्यवती,; also spelled Satyawati) was the queen of the Kuru Kingdom.

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Savitr

Savitṛ (सवितृ, nominative singular: सविता, also rendered as Savitur), in Vedic scriptures is an Aditya (i.e., an "offspring") of the Vedic primeval mother goddess Aditi.

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Savitri and Satyavan

Savitri (सावित्री) and Satyavan are a legendary couple in Hinduism.

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Seker

Seker (also spelled Sokar, and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) is a hawk or falcon god of the Memphite necropolis in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the dead.

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Shani

Shani (शनि), or Shanaishchara (शनैश्चर), is the divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hinduism, and is one of the nine heavenly objects (Navagraha) in Hindu astrology. Yama and Shani are Justice gods.

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Sharvara and Shyama

Sharvara, also rendered Shabala and Shyama are two Hindu mythological watchdogs belonging to Yama.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis. Yama and Shiva are Justice gods.

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Shudra

Shudra or Shoodra (Sanskrit) is one of the four varnas of the Hindu caste and social system in ancient India.

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Sikhism

Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.

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Soma (drink)

In the Vedic tradition, soma (sóma) is a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Surya

Surya (सूर्य) is the SunDalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism.

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Sword

A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Tapati

Tapati (translit) is a goddess in Hinduism.

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Thanjavur

Thanjavur, also known as Thanjai, previously known as Tanjore,Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Theodor Aufrecht

Simon Theodor Aufrecht (7 January 1822 – 3 April 1907) was a German Indologist and comparative linguist.

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Theravada

Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.

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Thongalen

Thongalen (also, Thongalel, Thongaren or Thongarel) is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur. Yama and Thongalen are death gods and Justice gods.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.

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Tvashtr

Tvashtr (त्वष्टृ) or Tvashta (त्वष्टा) is a Vedic artisan god or fashioner.

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Uddhava

Uddhava is a character from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, described to be the friend and counsellor of Krishna.

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Udyoga Parva

The Udyoga Parva (उद्योग पर्वः), or the Book of Effort, is the fifth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahābhārata.

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Upanishads

The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hinduism.

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Vaitarani (mythology)

The Vaitarani, also called the Vaitarana, is a mythological river in Indian religions. Yama and Vaitarani (mythology) are death and Hinduism.

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Vaivasvata Manu

Vaivasvata Manu, also referred to as Shraddhadeva and Satyavrata, is the current Manu—the progenitor of the human race.

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Vana Parva

The Vana Parva, also known as the "Book of the Forest", is the third of eighteen parvas in the Indian epic Mahabharata.

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Varaha

Varaha (lit) is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of an Indian boar.

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Varuna

Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water. Yama and Varuna are Justice gods and Lokapala.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.

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Vettam Mani

Vettam Mani or Vettom Mani (27 August 1921 – 29 May 1987) was an eminent Indian scholar and writer.

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Vidura

Vidura, also known as Kshatri, plays a key role in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Vishnu Purana

The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.

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Vishnudharmottara Purana

The Vishnudharmottara Purana (or the Vishnudharmottara) is a Hindu Sanskrit text in the Upapuranas genre.

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Vishvakarma

Vishvakarma or Vishvakarman (lit) is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the devas in contemporary Hinduism.

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Vyasa

Krishna Dvaipayana (कृष्णद्वैपायन), better known as Vyasadeva(lit) or Veda Vyasa (lit), is a revered ''rishi'' (sage) portrayed in most Hindu traditions.

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Water buffalo

The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia (formerly Ancient History Encyclopedia) is a nonprofit educational company created in 2009 by Jan van der Crabben.

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Yaksha

The Yakshas (यक्ष,, i) are a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or capricious, connected with water, fertility, trees, the forest, treasure and wilderness.

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Yaksha Prashna

The Yaksha Prashna (IAST: yakṣa praśna), also known as the Dharma Baka Upakhyana (the Legend of the Virtuous Crane) or the Akshardhama, is the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between Yudhishthira and a yaksha in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Yama (Buddhism)

In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama or King Yan-lo/Yan-lo Wang, also known as King Yan/Yan Wang, Grandfatherly King Yan, Lord Yan, and Yan-lo, Son of Heaven, is the King of Hell and a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas and the cycle of saṃsāra. Yama and Yama (Buddhism) are death gods and Justice gods.

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Yama Dharmaraja Temple

Yama Dharmaraja Temple is a Hindu temple located at Thiruchitrambalam in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Yama in world religions

Yama (Devanagari: यम) is the Hindu deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld. Yama and Yama in world religions are death gods and Justice gods.

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Yamuna

The Yamuna is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India.

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Yamuna in Hinduism

Yamuna is a sacred river in Hinduism and the main tributary of the Ganges River. Yama and Yamuna in Hinduism are divine twins.

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Ymir

In Norse mythology, Ymir, also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar.

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Yudhishthira

Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata.

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See also

Death and Hinduism

Divine twins

Justice gods

Lokapala

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama

Also known as Dharamraja, Dharma (god), Dharma Raj, Dharmaraj, King Yama, Yam Raj, Yama (Hindu), Yama (Hinduism), Yama (deity), Yama Raja, Yama and Yami, Yama and Yamī, Yamadharma Raja, Yamadharmaraju, Yamah, Yamaraj, Yamaraja, Yamarāja, Yamraj.

, Krishna, Kunti, Lokapala, Mahabharata, Maitreya (Mahābhārata), Mandavya, Markandeya, Matsya Purana, Mitra (Hindu god), Moksha, Muni (saint), Nachiketa, Naraka, Naraka (Hinduism), Narayana, Noose, Osiris, Pali Canon, Pandava, Pasha (Hinduism), Pilgrimage, Pitrs, Pluto, Pluto (mythology), Prajapati, Prithvi, Puranas, Ramayana, Ratri, Revanta, Rigveda, Romulus and Remus, Rope, Sandipani, Sanjna, Sarama, Saturn, Satya Yuga, Satyavati, Savitr, Savitri and Satyavan, Seker, Shani, Sharvara and Shyama, Shiva, Shudra, Sikhism, Soma (drink), Southeast Asia, Surya, Sword, Tamil Nadu, Tapati, Thanjavur, Theodor Aufrecht, Theravada, Thongalen, Tibetan Buddhism, Tvashtr, Uddhava, Udyoga Parva, Upanishads, Vaitarani (mythology), Vaivasvata Manu, Vana Parva, Varaha, Varuna, Vedas, Vettam Mani, Vidura, Vishnu, Vishnu Purana, Vishnudharmottara Purana, Vishvakarma, Vyasa, Water buffalo, World History Encyclopedia, Yaksha, Yaksha Prashna, Yama (Buddhism), Yama Dharmaraja Temple, Yama in world religions, Yamuna, Yamuna in Hinduism, Ymir, Yudhishthira.