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Also known as Enma
Yama (), 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. He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of Dharma, though the two deities have different origins and myths.
Yama is the Hindu god of death and justice who presides over the afterlife realm called Naraka, where he dispenses law and punishment to sinners. He is an important figure in Hindu theology because he represents both the inevitability of death and the moral consequences of one's actions in life.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Yama on buffalo.jpg
- Deity.name
- Yama
- Deity.affiliation
- Lokapala, Deva, Gana
- Deity.god_of
- God of Death and Justice
- Deity.abode
- Naraka (Yamaloka)
- Deity.planet
- Pluto
- Deity.mantra
- Oṁ sūryaputrāya vidmaheMahākālāya dhīmahiTanno yama pracodayāt Om Vaivasvadaya VidmaheDandahastaya DhimahiTanno Yama Prachodayat
- Deity.weapon
- Daṇḍa, Noose and Mace
- Deity.mount
- Buffalo
- Deity.other_names
- Dharmarāja, Yamarāja, Yammui
- Deity.father
- Surya
- Deity.mother
- Sanjna
- Deity.siblings
- Yamuna, Ashvins, Shraddhadeva Manu, Revanta, Shani and Tapati
- Deity.consort
- Dhumorna
- Deity.children
- Sunita (daughter);Yudhishthira (son)
- Deity.script_name
- Devanagari
- Deity.script
- यम
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist deity
- Part of
- Buddhism
- Gender
- male
- Image
- Yama deva.JPG
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- different from
- yama
- Commons category
- Yama
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