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Yama

god of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, and various Indo-European mythologies
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Yama
E. A. Rodrigues · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Yama is a Hindu deity[1]. He draws 5,275 Wikipedia views per month (hindu deity category, ranking #9 of 88).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sex or gender: male[3]
  • Instance of: death deity[4], Buddhist deity[5]
  • Part of: Hinduism[6], Buddhism[7]
  • Commons category: Yama[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Different from: yama[13]

Why It Matters

Yama has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] He is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2BLAUD
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  2. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +1
    Part of → —
    Different from → yama
    Sex or gender → male
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||id, uz, lo, sd, et, ur, ks, uk, mad, sv, lv, simple, da, cdo, ms, jv, sk, no, ca, th, fa, ro, lt, as, ne, km, nl, pl, nn */ Add 29 multilingual descriptions e"
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