[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) › c5.2190 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2190 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2190 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2190) Yama had several wives, as Hemamālā, Su-sīlā, and Vijayā. He dwells in the lower world, in his city Yama-pura. There, in his palace called Kālīchī, he sits upon his throne of judgment, Vichāra-bhū. He is assisted by his recorder and councillor, Chitra-gupta, and waited upon by his two chief attendants and custodians, Chanda or Mahā-chanda, and Kāla-pursusha. His messengers, Yama-dūtas, bring in the souls of the dead, and the door of his judgment-hall is kept by his porter, Vaidhyata. - [Previous: c5.2189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2189) - [Next: c5.2191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2191) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2190) · Pramāṇa