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Yama (disambiguation)

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Yama is the Hindu deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld.

Yama may also refer to:

In Japanese, "Yama" ( or やま) means "mountain". For this reason, there are many place names with "-yama" in Japan. This word has no linguistic relationship to "Yama" in Hinduism or Buddhism.

Yama may also refer to:

Places

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People

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Other uses

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  • Yāma, one of the six heavenly worlds in Buddhism
  • Yamá, a trade language used by some Native American tribes around the Gulf of Mexico
  • Yamas, ethical rules in Hinduism and Yoga
  • Yama (album), by Art Farmer with Joe Henderson, 1979
  • Yama: The Pit, a novel by Alexander Kuprin published in installments 1909–1915
  • Yama, a Linux Security Module
  • Yama, a song by Armin van Buuren & Vini Vici, 2021

See also

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