A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.13

c8.13

The name of Yama is sometimes used in the *Rigveda* in its primary sense of "twin," and the chief of the dead actually occurs in this character throughout a hymn (x. 10) of much poetic beauty, consisting of a dialogue between him and his sister Yamī. She endeavours to win his love, but he repels her advances with these words:—