This article is about the deity Yama in the Hindu tradition. For the deity in the Buddhist tradition see Yama (East Asia) Yama God of Death, Dharma and Justice Yamaraj riding on his mount, buffalo Other names Dharmaraja, Yamraja Devanagri यम Affiliation Lokapala , Deva , Gana Abode Naraka (Yamaloka) Planet Pluto [1] Mantra Om Surya puthraya Vidhmahe MahaKalaya Dheemahi Thanno Yama Prachodayath [note 1] [2] Weapon Danda , Noose and Mace Mount Buffalo Personal information Parents Surya (father) Sandhya (mother) Siblings Yami , Ashvins , Shraddhadeva Manu , Revanta , Shani , Tapati and Bhadra Consort Dhumorna, Urmila or Syamala [4] [note 2] Children Katila, Shobhavati, Sunita and Yamakumara Yudhishthira (spiritual son) [3] Equivalents Greek equivalent Hades Roman equivalent Remus [9] , Dis Pater [10] Norse equivalent Ymir [11] [12] [13] I...
Reap Only What You Sow In Hinduism, there is no concept of original sin. Instead, there is the karma, the idea that actions have consequences. The idea that actions have consequences is not unfamiliar to anyone, but karma is more than the basic sense of cause and effect. Karma is the idea that actions have consequences that can affect a person throughout multiple lives. It is these consequences that determine how, when and where a person is reborn into their next life. A person, thus, gets exactly what they have earned. Someone who has lived a good life will be reborn into a good situation. They might be reborn as a member of a higher caste. They might have more money or a safer home. If they lived a good enough past life, they might have an easier life with fewer hardships when they are reborn. On the other hand, a person who lived a life of greed and cruelty will be reborn as someone who is ill, crippled or, perhaps, not even human at all. In Hinduism, there is no belief that h...
This article is about the divine abode in various religious traditions. Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest heavens; from Gustave Doré 's illustrations to the Divine Comedy . Heaven or the heavens , is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as gods , angels , spirits , saints , or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned , or live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven alive . Heaven is often described as a "highest place", the holiest place, a Paradise , in contrast to hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly bein...
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