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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 902 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YAMA (
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Sanskrit " twin," in allusion to his being twin with his
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sister Yami, traditionally the first human pair)  , in
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Hindu
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mythology,
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judge of men and
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king of the unseen
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world . He was the first mortal to
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die, and having discovered the way to the other world is the
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guide of the dead . Three
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hymns in the Rig Veda are addressed to him .

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