[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900) › c8.8 # A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.8 A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.8) The chief of the blessed dead is Yama, to whom three entire hymns are addressed. He is spoken of as a king who rules the departed and as a gatherer of the people, who gives the deceased a resting-place and prepares an abode for him. Yama it was who first discovered the way to the other world:— - [Previous: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.7) - [Next: c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.9) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.8) · Pramāṇa