Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.982
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.982
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v2.c4.s4.982
Yama denotes ‘twins,’ the birth of which is frequently alluded to in Vedic literature.¹ Twins of different sex seem to be indicated by the expression yamau mithunau.² There are traces of the belief—widely spread among negro and other races—that twins are uncanny and of evil omen,³ but there are also vestiges of the opposite opinion, that twins are lucky.⁴