[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s4.982 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.982 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.982 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.981](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.981) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.983](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.983) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.982) · Pramāṇa