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God of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, and various Indo-European mythologies

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Yama: God of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, and various Indo-European mythologies
Yama or Yamarฤja is a Hindu god of death, the south direction, and the underworld, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities. In Sanskrit, his name can be interpreted to mean "twin".

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