Yama
Hindu · deity · primordial · deity
God of death and the dead, judge of souls, son of Surya, twin of Yami (distinct from hindu_dharma)
Parentage
Domains
- death
- justice
Powers
- Judge the dead and assign their fated destinations
- Pioneer the path of death as the first mortal to die
Epithets
- धर्मराज
- यमराज
- अन्तक
- वैवस्वत
- पितृपति
- काल
- दण्डधर
Relations
- twin sibling: Yamī
- sibling: Vaivasvata Manu
- sibling: Sugriva
- equated with: Imra the Creator