Search results for "Yama" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and much social activity. On the fourth day, Yama, the Lord of Death, is worshipped and appeased. On the fifth and final day, brothers and sisters ...17 KB (2,633 words) - 15:51, 29 January 2024
- as the “eight limbs of yoga.” They are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi. The Yoga Sūtras is to be ...18 KB (2,929 words) - 09:05, 18 November 2022
- #039;s child. Accordingly, Kunti invoked the gods Yama, Vayu, and Indra in turn and gave birth to three sons. Arjuna was the third son, born of Indra ...20 KB (3,256 words) - 22:46, 9 March 2022
- of Death as manifested in the Hindu lord of death, Yama. The particular legend in question deals with the sage Markandeya, who was fated to die at the ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
- :(1) Yama The five "abstentions:" abstention from injury through thought, word or deed (ahimsa); from falsehood (satya); from stealing ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- This work, the Yama Danda, was the first piece of literature written within the Swaminarayan sect.Williams 2001, 17, 76, 189. In contrast with ...36 KB (5,036 words) - 16:42, 6 December 2023
- remain. The dog reveals himself to be the god Yama, who reveals the nature of the test and assures Yudhishtra that his fallen siblings and wife are ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- the Reamker of Cambodia and the Yama Zatdaw of Myanmar. ===Contemporary versions=== Contemporary versions of the Ramayana include Shri Ramayana ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- involves other mountain spirits, such as the yama-uba. In addition to their frequent presence in Japanese folklore, the tengu were also frequently ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- being found thrown down a mine shaft at Ganina Yama. King and Wilson, 2003, 353-367. [[Image:Anamashtat1917.jpg|right|thumb|Grand Duchesses Anastasia ...45 KB (6,850 words) - 00:19, 3 January 2024
- (sky), Mitra (sun), Indra (war), Agni (fire), and Yama (death). The Vedas contain many different types of material. There are stories of the gods ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
