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In Hinduism, Yama is also the Lord of Justice. He is sometimes referred to as Dharma, in reference to his unswerving dedication to maintaining order (death is inevitable) and adherence to harmony. It is said that he is also one of the wisest of the gods, and he is in fact a teacher in one of the most famous of the Upanishads (sacred Hindu texts).

He is a Lokapala and an Aditya. In art, he is depicted with green skin, red clothes and riding a buffalo. He holds a loop of ropeRope is also the title of a movie by Alfred Hitchcock A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength, for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength (i. it can be used in his left hand with which he pulls the soul from the corpse. In Vedic belief, Yama refers to the first mortal to die, and having discovered a way to the other world, he is the guide of the dead. He is the son of SuryaIn Hinduism, Surya is the chief solar deity, son of Dyaush or Indra. He has hair and arms of gold. His chariot is pulled by either four or seven horses. Tvashtri is his son, as are the twins Yama and Yami and the Asvins (by Saranya). Another name also use (Sun) and twin brother of YamiIn Vedic beliefs, Yami is the first woman, along with her twin brother, Yama. The Rig Veda, in the tenth Mandala, contains a hymn in which they sing to each other. They were children of Surya. In Hinduism, Yami is a mother goddess, daughter of Vivasvat an, traditionally the first human pair in Hindu mythology. Later, he was deified and worshiped as a son of VivasvatIn Hinduism, Vivasvat (also Visvakarma or Vivasvan is a solar deity and the architect who built the cities and palaces of the gods, as well as a master craftsman and artisan. He is married to Saranya and father of the Asvins, Vaivasvata Manu, Yama and Yam and SaranyaIn Hinduism, Saranya is a goddess of the dawn and wife of either Surya or Vivasvat, with whom she is the mother of the Asvins, Manu, Yama and Yami. Hindu mythology.. He is one of the Ashta-DikpalasIn Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism, the Ashta-Dikpalas are the eight gods who rule the eight directions. They are: # Agni Southeast # Eesana Northeast # Indra East # Kubera North # Nirrith Southwest # Varuna West # Yama South # Vayu Northwest The gods of, representing the south. He reports to Lord ShivaThis article is about the Hindu God. For the Jewish ritual of mourning, see Shiv'ah. For the Slavic goddess, see Siwa. River Ganga considered to be a goddess in Hinduism. In Hindu mythology, when Ganga descended from the heavens, the Earth could not bear the Destroyer, an aspect of Trimurti (Hinduism's triune Godhead). Three hymns in the Rig Veda Book 10 are addressed to him (hymn 10, 14, 135).

Yama is said to judge all actions of human beings after death and renders punishments such as sending them to Naraka or hell.

The Yamas are codified as "the restraints" in numerous scriptures including the Shandilya and Varuha Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Gorakshanatha, the Tirumantiram of Tirumular and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. All the above texts list ten yamas, with the exception of Patanjali's work, which lists only five. They comprise the "shall-nots" in our dealings with the external world.

The ten traditional yamas are:

1. Ahimsa: abstinence from injury, harmlessness, the not causing of pain to any living creature in thought, word, or deed at any time. This is the "main" Yama. The other nine are there in support of its accomplishment.
2. Satya: truthfulness, word and thought in conformity with the facts.
3. Asteya: non-stealing, non-coveting, non-entering into debt.
4. Brahmacharya: divine conduct, continence, celibate when single, faithful when married.
5. Kshama: patience, releasing time, functioning in the now.
6. Dhriti: steadfastness, overcoming non-perseverance, fear, and indecision; seeing each task through to completion.
7. Daya: compassion; conquering callous, cruel and insensitive feelings toward all beings.
8. Arjava: honesty, straightforwardness, renouncing deception and wrongdoing.
9. Mitahara: moderate appetite, neither eating too much nor to little; nor consuming meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs.
10. Shaucha: purity, avoidance of impurity in body, mind and speech. (Note: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras list Shaucha as the first of the Niyamas.)

In Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Yamas are the first limb of the eight limbs of Raja Yoga.
They are found in the Sadhana Pada Verse 30 as:

1. Ahimsa
2. Satya
3. Asteya
4. Brahmacharya
5. Aparigraha: absence of avariciousness, non-appropriation of things not one's own.

In the anime and manga YuYu Hakusho, Enma (The Japanese name for Yama) is fictionalized as the ruler of the spirit world and the father of Koenma. He is known as Yama in the English anime.