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Yama (Buddhism)

a Buddhist dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead, preside over the Narakas (Hells) and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra
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Yama (Buddhism)
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Yama (Buddhism)

Summary

Yama (Buddhism) is a Deva[1]. Yama (Buddhism) ranks in the top 9% of deva entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (635 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yama (Buddhism)'s image is recorded as Yama tibet.jpg[3].
  • Yama (Buddhism) is recorded as male[4].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s instance of is recorded as Deva[5].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85148946[6].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Commons category is recorded as Yama (Buddhism)[7].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0czf7z[8].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A005076[9].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI is recorded as SMVK-EM/name/25423536[10].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[11].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Emma-o[12].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Yama-Tibetan-Buddhist-god[13].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '閻羅王'}[14].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '阎罗王'}[15].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '閻魔王'}[16].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '염라왕'}[17].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'यम'}[18].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pi', 'text': '𑀬𑀫'}[19].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s domain of saint or deity is recorded as Naraka[20].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s domain of saint or deity is recorded as Samsara[21].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Emma-ten[22].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Fandom article ID is recorded as mythus:Enma[23].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007529608705171[24].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as s53jj5dw[25].
  • Yama (Buddhism)'s Yale LUX ID is recorded as person/8905bab7-2f1c-4b41-9949-ca11e24c66e9[26].

Why It Matters

Yama (Buddhism) ranks in the top 9% of deva entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (635 views/month).[2] Yama (Buddhism) has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Yama (Buddhism) is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . kulturarvsdata.se. Retrieved . kulturarvsdata.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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