[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2188 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2188 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2188 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2188) In the epic poems Yama is the son of the Sun by Sanjnā (conscience), and brother of Vaivaswata (Manu). Mythologically he was the father of Yudhi-shṭhira. He is the god of departed spirits and judge of the dead. A soul when it quits its mortal form repairs to his abode in the lower regions; there the recorder, Chitra-gupta, reads out his account from the great register called Agra-sandhānī, and a just sentence follows, when the soul either ascends to the abodes of the Pitris (Manes), or is sent to one of the twenty-one hells according to its guilt, or it is born again on earth in another form. Yama is regent of the south quarter, and as such is called Dakshināsā-pati. He is represented as of a green colour and clothed with red. He rides upon a buffalo, and is armed with a ponderous mace and a noose to secure his victims. - [Previous: c5.2187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2187) - [Next: c5.2189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2189) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2188) · Pramāṇa