Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5160

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5160

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YAMASABHĀ. Yama's assembly. This assembly is described in Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8. It was Viśvakarmā who built Yamasabhā. It is 100 yojanas in length and 100 yojanas in width. Although it is illuminated with sun-light it has an equable temperature. Sadness, old age, hunger or thirst are unknown there. There is a dense growth of Kalpavṛkṣas. All the dead people who were famous in ancient times are members of this assembly.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit