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Sharvara and Shyama are described to be two ferocious, four-eyed dogs that guard the entrance to the palace of Yama. The dead are required to get past these dogs in order to be rendered judgement by their master. [8] They are referred to as Mithūdṛśā, meaning that they are not both capable of sight at the same time. [9]
The female dog of Indra, a Vedic god, is named Sarama, and it is mentioned in the Rigveda. Its offspring became the watchdogs of Yama , Sharvara and Shyama . Yudhishthira , one of the Pandavas , insisted that he be allowed to enter Svarga ( heaven ) with the dog that had followed him from their advent to Svarga.
Yama has two four-eyed, broad nosed, brindled, reddish-brown dogs, Sharvara and Shyama, who are the sons of Saramā. [20] [32] However, in the Atharvaveda, one of dogs is brindled and the other is dark. The dogs are meant to track down those who are about to die, and guard the path to Yama's realm.
Ruru - a dog; one of the Bhairavas, a manifestation of Shiva. In Hindu faith, Sarama is a mythological being referred to as the dog of the gods, or Deva-shuni. Sarameya (literally, "sons of Sarama") are the children of Sarama, whose names are Shyama and Sabala. Sharvara is an ancient Hindu mythical dog belonging to Yama.
In Hindu mythology, Yama has two dogs—Shyama and Sharvara—who guard the door of hell. [14] Nepali Hindus believe that by worshipping dogs they start to see death positively, because a dog follows them in their final journey. [15] They hope that dogs will guard them against the torture in hell. [15]
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This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .