Sanskrit: यम), also known as YamarÄja (यमराज) in India, Yanluowang or simply Yan in China, and Enma Dai-ÅŒ in Japan, is the lord of death, first recorded in the Vedas. The name Yanluo is a shortened Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit term Yama RÄjÄ, or "King Yama". Enma Dai-ÅŒ is a further transliteration, meaning "Great King Yama", where Enma means Yama, Enma-ÅŒ means Yama RÄjÄ and Enma Dai-ÅŒ would be equivalent to Yama MahÄrÄja. Yama belongs to an early stratum of Vedic mythology. In Vedic tradition Yama was considered to have been the first mortal who died and espied the way to the celestial abodes, and in virtue of precedence he became the ruler of the departed. Yama's name can be interpreted to mean "twin", and in some myths he is paired with a twin sister YamÄ«. Yama is a LokapÄla and an Aditya. In art, he is depicted with green or red skin, red clothes, and riding a water buffalo. He holds a loop of rope in his left hand with which he pulls the soul from the corpse. He is the son of Surya (Sun) and twin brother of Yami, or Yamuna, traditionally the first human pair in the Vedas. He was also worshiped as a son of Vivasvat and Saranya. He is one of the Guardians of the directions and represents the south. He reports to Lord Shiva the Destroyer, an aspect of Trimurti. Three hymns (10, 14, and 35) in the Rig Veda Book 10 are addressed to him. There is a one of ak} In Vedic beliefs, YamÄ« is the first woman, along with her twin brother, Yama. The Rig Veda, in the <b>...</b>
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