[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) › c5.2191 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2191 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2191 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2191) Yama has many names descriptive of his office. He is Mrityu, Kāla, and Antaka, ‘death;’ Kritānta, ‘the finisher;’ Samana, ‘the settler;’ Dandī or Danda-dhara, ‘the rod-bearer;’ Bhīma-sāsana, ‘of terrible decrees;’ Pāsī, ‘the noose-carrier;’ Pitri-pati, ‘lord of the manes;’ Preta-rāja, ‘king of the ghosts;’ Srāddha-deva, ‘god of the exequial offerings;’ and especially Dharma-rāja, ‘king of justice.’ He is Audumbara, from Udumbara, ‘the fig-tree,’ and from his parentage he is Vaivaswata. There is a Dharma-śāstra which bears the name of Yama. - [Previous: c5.2190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2190) - [Next: c5.2192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2192) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2191) · Pramāṇa