The god of death.

Lord of death. See also “world of Yama.”

The lord of death, who judges the dead and rules over the hells; the realm of Yama is synonymous with the world of the pretas.

The lord of death, he judges the dead and rules over the underworld inhabited by the pretas.

The king of the realm of the ancestors and the lord of death generally.

The lord of death, the ruler of hell.

The Lord of Death, who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The lord of death in Indian mythology who judges the dead and rules over the hells and the realm of the hungry ghosts.

Lord of the dead in Indian mythology.

The king of the preta realm.

The lord of death who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The lord of death, who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The god of death and the overlord of the hell realms.

From Vedic times, the Lord of Death, who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth.

The lord of death.

Lord of the dead.

The lord of death in Indian mythology, who judges the dead and rules over the hells and the realm of the hungry ghosts.

The lord of death who, in Indian mythology, judges the dead and rules over the hell and preta realms.

The Lord of the Dead; name of the ruler over the netherworld.

The god of death.

The Hindu and Buddhist god of death.

The god of death.

The name of the lord of death and of the realm of the dead.

The lord of death who judges the dead and rules over the hells. In the Vajrabhairavatantra, however, it seems to be used synonymously with Vajramahābhairava (dpal rdo rje ’jigs byed chen po). For the reason why Yama is used here, see Siklos 1990, 146, note 144. Also sometimes translated here as Yamāntaka when it is short for gshin rje gshed in verse.

The Lord of Death who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The Lord of Death.

The Lord of Death.

The god of death who rules over the realm of the pretas; a vidyārāja from the personal retinue of Vajrapāṇi; one of the kings of rākṣasas.

The Lord of Death.

The lord of death.

The lord of death.

The lord of death, he judges the dead and rules over the underworld inhabited by the pretas.

The Lord of Death, he judges the dead and rules over the underworld inhabited by the pretas.

The Lord of Death, he judges the dead and rules over the hell realms.

See “Dharmarāja Yama.”

The Lord of Death, he judges the dead and rules over the hells.

Ruler of the hell realms.

The lord of death.

The god of the dead.

The god of death, a guardian of the southern quarter.

The Lord of Death who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The lord of death who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The god of death.

The Indic lord of death who judges the dead and rules over the hells. Also, the deity who governs the southern direction.

One of the eight guardians of the directions, Yama guards the southern quarter.

The Lord of Death.

The lord of death.

The lord of death, who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

The lord of death who judges the dead and rules over the hells.

Another name for King Yama (Skt. yamarāja; Tib. gshin rje rgyal po), the deity who judges the dead and rules over the hell realms of the underworld.

The Lord of Death who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth.

From Vedic times, the Lord of Death who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth.

Lord of Death.

From Vedic times, the Lord of Death is the one who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth.

Usually the Lord of Death who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth, but here refers to the Lord of the hungry ghost realm.

Ruler of the hell realms.

From Vedic times, the Lord of Death who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth.

The ruler of the lower realms.

God of the lower realms.

The god of death and the overlord of the hell realms.

From Vedic times, the deity who directs the departed into the next realm of rebirth.

“Lord of Death” is typically another name for King Yama (Skt. yamarāja; Tib. gshin rje rgyal po), the deity who judges the dead and rules over the hell realms of the underworld. Here the lord of death is identified as Māra (Tib. bdud).

The lord of death in Indian mythology, who judges the dead and rules over the hells and the realm of the hungry ghosts.

Ruler of the hells.

Another name for King Yama (Skt. yamarāja; Tib. gshin rje rgyal po), the deity who judges the dead and rules over the hell realms of the underworld.

The lord of death in Indian mythology, he judges the dead and rules over the hells and the realm of the pretas.

An epithet of Yama.

Another name of Yama.

Another name for Yama, the lord of death.

The Lord of Death in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions, Yama is said to uphold the Dharma by reviewing the karma of the dead and thereby determining their next rebirth.