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YAMA (Sanskrit " twin," in allusion to his being twin with his sister Yami, traditionally the first human pair)

YAMA (See also:
SANSKRIT
Sanskrit " twin," in allusion to his being twin with his See also:
SISTER
sister Yami, traditionally the first human pair) , in See also:

HINDU

Hindu See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of men and See also:

king of the unseen See also:

WORLD

world . He was the first mortal to See also:

die, and having discovered the way to the other world is the See also:

GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide of the dead . Three See also:

HYMNS

hymns in the Rig Veda are addressed to him .

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