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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yamanoun

    Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

Wiktionary

  1. Yamanoun

    the lord of death

Wikipedia

  1. Yama

    Yama (Devanagari: यम) or Yamarāja (यमराज), is a deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld who predominantly features in Hindu and Buddhist religion, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities. In Sanskrit, his name can be interpreted to mean "twin". He is also an important deity worshipped by the Kalasha and formerly by the Nuristani peoples, indicating his prominence in ancient Hinduism.In Hinduism, Yama is the son of sun-god Surya and Sanjana, the daughter of Vishvakarma. Yama is the brother of Sraddhadeva Manu and of his older sister Yami, which Horace Hayman Wilson indicates to mean the Yamuna. According to the Vedas, Yama is said to have been the first mortal who died. By virtue of precedence, he became the ruler of the departed, and is called "Lord of the Pitrs".Mentioned in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism, Yama subsequently entered Buddhist mythology in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka as a Dharmapala under various transliterations. He is otherwise also called as "Dharmaraja".

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  1. yama

    Yama is a term that can have different meanings depending on the context: 1) In Hinduism, Yama is the god of death, the first mortal who died and became the ruler of the dead. 2) In Buddhism, Yama is a deity that presides over hell. 3) In Yoga philosophy, Yama is the first of the eight limbs of yoga and it refers to ethical standards for living, including values like non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence, and non-covetousness. 4) In Japan, 'yama' means mountain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yamanoun

    the king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands

  2. Etymology: [Skr. yama a twin.]

Wikidata

  1. Yama

    In Hinduism, Yama or Yamarāja is the god of death, belonging to an early stratum of Vedic mythology. In the Vedas, Yama is said to have been the first mortal who died. By virtue of precedence, he became the ruler of the departed. There is a one-of-a-kind temple in Srivanchiyam, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Yama. Mentioned by the Buddha in the Pali canon, Yama subsequently entered Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as a wrathful god under various transliterations.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yama

    yam′a, n. in Hindu mythology, the first mortal progenitor of the human race. [Sans.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Yama

    in the Hindu mythology "a solar hero who rules over the dead; might have lived as an immortal, but chose to die; was the first to traverse the road from which there is no return, tracing it for future generations; in the remotest extremity of the heavens, the abode of light and the eternal waters, he reigns in peace and in union with Varuna (q. v.); there by the sound of his flute, under the branches of the mythic tree, he assembles around him the dead who have lived nobly, they reach him in a crowd, convoyed by Agni (q. v.), grimly scanned as they pass by two monstrous dogs that are the guardians of the road."

Mythology

  1. Yama

    (Ya′ma). The Hindoo devil, generally represented as a terrible monster of a green color, with flaming eyes.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. YAMA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yama is ranked #72771 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Yama surname appeared 267 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yama.

    31% or 83 total occurrences were White.
    31% or 83 total occurrences were Asian.
    20.2% or 54 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    9.7% or 26 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yama in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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