Yama (Sanskrit: यम, lit. 'twin'), 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. [12][13] He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of Dharma, though the two deities have different origins and myths. [14]

2019年2月8日 · Lord Yama is most known as the God of Death and the keeper of the Naraka Loka, the Hindu equivalent of Hell. Naraka is also rarely described as a bottomless pit of darkness where souls are trapped for eternity and deprived of rebirth. Legends say that the messengers of Yama call the Yamadutas, who bring all beings to the court of Yama after death.

Yama (Devanagari: यम) is the Hindu deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld. Belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities, Yama is said to have been the first mortal who died in the Vedas. By virtue of precedence, he became the ruler of …

2023年8月17日 · YAMARAJ ( also called Kala and Dharmaraja) ensures the designated number of deaths happens. Yama judges the departed souls according to their Karma. And basis it assigns them to Pitralok ( forefathers- ancestral space) or sends them to Narak ( hell) or sends them to be reborn on the Earth, or allows Devdhoot ( angles) to take them to Havan.

2015年7月13日 · Yama is the Hindu god of death, king of ancestors, and final judge on the destination of souls. He is also known as the 'Restrainer', Pretaraja or 'King of Ghosts', Dharmaraja or 'King of Justice', and as Daksinasapati is considered the regent of the South Quarter. Yama may also be referred to simply as 'Death' – Antaka, Kala or Mrtyu.

Yama, in the mythology of India, the god of the dead. The Vedas describe him as the first man who died, blazing the path of mortality down which all humans have since followed. He is the guardian of the south (the region of death) and presides over the resting place of the dead, which is located under the earth.

Lord Yamaraj is considered the Hindu God of death and resides in Kalichi, situated in the nether regions of the Patala Loka (netherworld). Even though Yama is feared by living beings, he plays a vital role in rejuvenation and maintaining the balance of …

As related in this chapter, the Yamadūtas approached Yamarāja, who very exhaustively explained bhāgavata-dharma, the religious principle of devotional service. Yamarāja thus satisfied the Yamadūtas, who had been very disappointed.

2020年7月2日 · Lord Yama is the god of death, and it is his duty to remove our life during the time of our death. Lord Yama is a Vedic god, and whoever performs the fire sacrifices, and chants his mantra, he receives the oblations from the fire sacrifices, and used to bless them.

Yama Dharmaraja is considered to be the God of justice or the God of death. He is dark complexioned and have fearsome look. Although he was not worshiped in any of the temples during the era of Veda, he was worshiped for the welfare of the souls of those who died.