yamama

Definition von yamama im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
Yama: the lord of death
Yama: {i} god of the underworld who judges the souls of the dead, god of death and time (Hindu mythology)
Yama: In Indian mythology, the lord of death. The Vedas describe him as the first man who died. The son of the sun god Surya, he presides over the resting place of the dead. In the Vedas, he was a cheerful king of the departed ancestors, but in later mythology he became known as the just judge who punished the deceased for their sins
yama: 1 Controller, Ordainer, Lord of the Law; in the Rg-veda he seems to have been originally a form of the Sun, then one of the twin children of the wide-shining Lord of the Truth; he is the guardian of the dharma, the law of the Truth, which is a condition of immortality, and therefore himself the guardian of immortality; in the later ideas [post-Vedic] he is the God of Death
yama: In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked
yama: 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
yama: God of Death; ruler of the realm of the dead the 'Land of the Fathers': he was the first man to die and therefore the welcomer of others to his realm
yama: Restriction(s) There are five yamas which constitute the first of the eight limbs of raja yoga See raja yoga and ashtanga pages
yama: Mountain
yama: Damjan Choial (tib), Yamaharadja (mon) the ruler of the hell Together with his sister Yamī
yama: Stop
yama: Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld
yama: The king of death, a Vedic deity
yama: Judge of departed souls, the Minos of the Hindus He is represented as of a green colour, and sits on a buffalo
yama: Hindu god of death, generally pictured in mythology as a large dark skinned man, carrying a mace, and riding a buffalo
yama: The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls
yama: righteous behaviour