परेतराज
यम
god of death
यम — yama (Noun)
Yama — यम
यम — {yáma} m. a rein, curb, bridle v, 61, 2##a driver, charioteer viii, 103, to##the act of checking or curbing, suppression, restraint (with {vācām}, restraint of words, silence)##self-control forbearance, any great moral rule or duty (as opp. to {niyama}, a minor observance##in iii, 313 ten Yamas are mentioned, sometimes only five) &c##(in Yoga) self-restraint (as the first of the eight Aṅgas or means of attaining mental concentration) 93##any rule or observance##({yamá}), mf({ā} or {ī})n. twin-born, twin, forming a pair &c. &c##m. a twin, one of a pair or couple, a fellow (du. 'the twins', N. of the Aśvins and of their twin children by Mādrī, called Nakula and Saha-deva##{yamau mithunau}, twins of different sex)##a symbolical N. for the number 'two'##N. of the god who presides over the Pitṛis (q.v.) and rules the spirits of the dead &c. &c. 18 ; 197, 198 &c. 10 ; 16 ; 289 &c. (he is regarded as the first of men and born from Vivasvat, 'the Sun', and his wife Saraṇyū##while his brother, the seventh Manu, another form of the first man, is the son of Vivasvat and Saṃjñā, the image of Saraṇyū##his twin-sister is Yamī, with whom he resists sexual alliance, but by whom he is mourned after his death, so that the gods, to make her forget her sorrow, create night##in the Veda he is called a king or {saṃgamano janānām}, 'the gatherer of men', and rules over the departed fathers in heaven, the road to which is guarded by two broad-nosed, four-eyed, spotted dogs, the children of Śaramā, q.v##in Post-vedic mythology he is the appointed Judge and 'Restrainer' or 'Punisher' of the dead, in which capacity he is also called {dharmarāja} or {dharma} and corresponds to the Greek Pluto and to Minos##his abode is in some region of the lower world called Yama-pura##thither a soul when it leaves the body, is said to repair, and there, after the recorder, Citra-gupta, has read an account of its actions kept in a book called Agra-saṃdhānā, it receives a just sentence##in Yama is described as dressed in blood-red garments, with a glittering form, a crown on his head, glowing eyes and like Varuṇa, holding a noose, with which he binds the spirit after drawing it from the body, in size about the measure of a man's thumb##he is otherwise represented as grim in aspect, green in colour, clothed in red, riding on a buffalo, and holding a club in one hind and noose in the other##in the later mythology he is always represented as a terrible deity inflicting tortures, called {yātanā}, on departed spirits##he is also one of the 8 guardians of the world as regent of the South quarter##he is the regent of the Nakshatra Apa-bharanī or Bharaṇī, the supposed author of x, 10##14, of a hymn to Vishṇu and of a law-book##{yamasyârkaḥ}, N. of a Sāman )##N. of the planet Saturn (regarded as the son of Vivasvat and Chāyā)##of one of Skanda's attendants (mentioned together with Ati-yama)##a crow (cf. {-dūtaka})##a bad horse (whose limbs are either too small or too large)##({ī}), f. N. of Yama's twin-sister (who is identified in Postvedic mythology with the river-goddess Yamunā) &c. &c##n. a pair, brace, couple##(in gram.) a twin-letter (the consonant interposed and generally understood, but not written in practice, between a nasal immediately preceded by one of the four other consonants in each class) on 1-1, 8##pitch of the voice, tone of utterance, key
इन्हें भी देखें :
These Also :