Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Yama   Listen
Yama

noun
1.
Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld.



Related search:



WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Yama" Quotes from Famous Books



... think that the soul of the dead person remains in the grave up to this time, but when the lamp is burnt the soul mingles with the flame, which is the soul of Kabir, and is absorbed into the deity. When breaking a cocoanut over the grave of the dead the Kabirpanthis say, 'I am breaking the skull of Yama,' because they think that the soul of a Kabirpanthi is absorbed into the deity and therefore is not liable to be taken down to hell and judged by Chitragupta and punished by Yama. From this it would appear that some of them do not believe in ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell



Words linked to "Yama" :   ezo-yama-hagi, Hindu deity



Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com