The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s5.61

v1.c6.s5.61

The South is the region of the ancestors. The door to their world is in the south-east (Ś.B. III. 1. 1. 7; III. 6. 4. 12, etc.). The gods in the south are led by Yama (‘Taitt. Samh.’ I. 8. 7.)⁹⁹ Yama, the Lokapāla, the fatal aspect of Agni (Ś.B. VII. 2. 1. 10), is Death, the son of Vivasvān Mārtāṇḍa. His filiation is shown in the Vāstu; he is placed by the side of Vivasvān. He is flanked by divinities associated with the Ancestors (pitṛ) and by divinities of evil portent.