Yama (Buddhism)
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title:
Yama (Buddhism)
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In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama or King Yan-lo/Yan-lo Wang, also known as King Yan/Yan Wang, Grandfatherly King Yan, Lord Yan, and Yan-lo, Son of Heaven, is the King of Hell and a dharmapala said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas and the cycle of saṃsāra. Although based on the god Yama of the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Yama has spread and developed different myths and different functions from the Hindu deity. He has also spread far more widely and is known in most countrie
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Buddhist, Taoist, Chinese, and general East Asian death deity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama_(Buddhism)
date created:
2006-05-04T06:44:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T16:04:29Z
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