yama

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

यमसात् 	-	 yamasAt 	-	 ind.
 
दण्डभृत् 	-	  daNDabhRt 	-	 adj.
  	-	 yama
दण्डधार 	-	  daNDadhAra 	-	 adj.
  	-	 yama
अन्तक 	-	  antaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
जनान्त 	-	  janAnta 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
जीवितेस 	-	  jIvitesa 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
दक्षिणाशापति 	-	  dakSiNAzApati 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
दण्डधर 	-	  daNDadhara 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
दण्डपाणि 	-	  daNDapANi 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
दण्डिन् 	-	  daNDin 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
त्रिदशेश्वर 	-	  tridazezvara 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
प्रजान्तक 	-	  prajAntaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 yama
आम्रेडितयमक 	-	  AmreDitayamaka 	-	 n.
  	-	 yamaka
आदित्यसूनु 	-	  AdityasUnu 	-	 m.
  	-	  of yama
रविज 	-	  ravija 	-	 m.
  	-	  of yama
रवितनय 	-	  ravitanaya 	-	 m.
  	-	  of yama
हरि 	-	  hari 	-	 m.
  	-	  of yama
सूर्यपुत्र 	-	  sUryaputra 	-	 m.
  	-	  of yama
यमन 	-	 yamana 	-	 m.
  	-	  god yama
यमराज् 	-	 yamarAj 	-	 m.
  	-	  king yama

दण्डभृत् 	-	 daNDabhRt 	-	 adj.
  	-	  yama
दण्डभृत् 	-	 daNDabhRt 	-	 adj.
  	-	  potter
दण्डभृत् 	-	 daNDabhRt 	-	 adj.
  	-	  carrying a staff

प्रजान्तक 	-	 prajAntaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  yama
प्रजान्तक 	-	 prajAntaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  destroyer of creatures
प्रजान्तक 	-	 prajAntaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  god of death

Monier Williams

English

 YAMA,  s.
  (God of Naraka or Hell,  Regent of the South,  or
lower world,  and judge of departed souls,  corresponding
to the grecian god Pluto,  or to the judge of hell, 
Minos.  His abode is in the infernal city of Yamapur, 
whither the Hindūs believe that a departed soul imme-
diately repairs,  and receiving a just sentence from Yama. 
ascends to Swarga,  the first heaven,  or descends to Na-
raka,  the snaky hell,  or assumes on earth the form of
some animal,  unless its offences have been such as
deserve condemnation to a vegetable or even to a
mineral prison.  As god of justice and lord of punish-
ment,  Yama corresponds with Śiva and Varuna,  and in
this character is represented as bearing a cord or noose.
Yama is often identified with Death and Time. He is
the son of Surya or the Sun,  and brother of the per-
sonified Yamuna or Jumnā river) यमः,  यमराजः,  यमराट् m.
 
(ज्),  यमनः,  शमनः.
— (As Death or Time or the Destroyer)
कृतान्तः,  मृत्युः m.
 ,  कालः,  कालान्तकः,  अन्तकः,  कालकुण्ठः.
— (Regent
of the South) दक्षिणाशापतिः m.
 
— (Lord of the dead) प्रेतप-
तिः m.
 ,  प्रेतराजः,  परेतराट् m.
  (ज्),  परेतराजः.
— (Lord of deceased
ancestors) पितृपतिः m.
 
— (God of the śrāddha) श्राद्धदेवः,  श्राद्ध-
देवता.
— (God of justice) धर्म्मराजः,  धर्म्मः.
— (The impartial
judge) समवर्त्ती m.
 
— (God of punishment) दण्डधरः,  दण्डी m.
 
(न्),  दण्डयामः,  अधिदण्डनेता m.
  (तृ),  दण्डः.
— (Bearer of the cord
or noose) पाशी m.
  (न्),  पाशभृत् m.
 ,  पाशपाणिः m.
 
— (Son of
the sun) वैवस्वतः,  सूर्य्यपुत्रः,  सूर्य्यतनयः,  अर्कतनयः,  अर्कनन्दनः.
—
(Brother of Yamuna) यमुनाभ्राता m.
 
— (The variegated one)
चित्रः. The pain or punishment inflicted by Yama is
called यातना. ‘One of his attendants, ’ कालपुरुषः.

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