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'''Yama''' (Skt. Yama) or '''Yamaraja''' (Skt. Yamarāja; [[Wyl.]] ''gshin rje'', ''chos rgyal''), the 'Lord of Death'. | '''Yama''' (Skt. Yama) or '''Yamaraja''' (Skt. Yamarāja; Tib. གཤིན་རྗེ, ཆོས་རྒྱལ་, [[Wyl.]] ''gshin rje'', ''chos rgyal''), the 'Lord of Death'. | ||
*King of the [[hells|hell realms]]. | *King of the [[hells|hell realms]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:29, 14 June 2018
Yama (Skt. Yama) or Yamaraja (Skt. Yamarāja; Tib. གཤིན་རྗེ, ཆོས་རྒྱལ་, Wyl. gshin rje, chos rgyal), the 'Lord of Death'.
- King of the hell realms.
- In the Bardo Tödrol Chenmo teachings, Yama presides over the judgment of the dead.
- He is also considered to be a Dharma protector (especially in the Gelugpa school), named Dharmaraja or Kalarupa, who has outer, inner and secret manifestations.