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  2. Yama (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    In Tibetan Buddhism Yama occurs in the form of Yama Dharmaraja, also known as Kalarupa, [9] [10] Shinje or Shin Je Cho Gyal (Tibetan: གཤིན་རྗེ་, Gshin.rje). [9] [11] He is both regarded with horror as the prime mover of the cycle of death and rebirth and revered as a guardian of spiritual practice.

  3. Yama in world religions - Wikipedia

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    Yama, the Hindu god of death and Lord of Naraka (hell). He was subsequently adopted by Buddhist , Chinese , Tibetan , Korean , and Japanese mythology as the king of hell. Yama ( Devanagari : यम) is the Hindu deity of death, dharma , the south direction, and the underworld .

  4. Yama - Wikipedia

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    Yama (Sanskrit: यम, lit. 'twin'), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka. [12] [13] He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of Dharma, though the two deities have different origins and myths. [14]

  5. Yamantaka - Wikipedia

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    Yamantaka is the "destroyer of death" deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, above riding a water buffalo. Carved cliff relief of Yamāntaka, one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, at the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. 7th century.

  6. Mrtyu - Wikipedia

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    Mara (Hindu goddess), the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology. Mṛtyu-māra as death in Buddhism or Māra, a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation. Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is the god of death and the underworld in Hinduism and Buddhism. Yama in Hinduism. Yama in Buddhism.

  7. Bhavacakra - Wikipedia

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    It is also Yama, the god of death. [8] ... While in Theravada Buddhism this is the Noble Eightfold Path, in Mahayana Buddhism this is the Bodhisattva path, ...

  8. Wrathful deities - Wikipedia

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    They are supernatural beings with the rank of bodhisattva who "are supposed to wage war without any mercy against the demons and enemies of Buddhism". [18] The Eight Dharmapala are: [19] Yama, the god of death; Mahakala, the Great Black One; Yamantaka, the conqueror of death; Vaiśravaṇa or Kubera, the god of wealth; Hayagriva, the Horse ...

  9. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    Yama, the Hindu god of death and Lord of Naraka (hell). He was subsequently adopted by Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as the king of hell. Maya death god "A" way as a hunter, Classic period