Crossword-Solution: YAMA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Yama | n. | The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| YAMA | anagram | AMAY, AMYA, MAYA |
We have 19 clues for the answer “YAMA”
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| Four-armed god of Hindu underworld. | 1 answer |
| the dead Hindu god of | 1 answer |
| death Hindu god of | 1 answer |
| Lord of Hindu infernal regions. | 1 answer |
| Hindu relative of Pluto | 1 answer |
| Hindu god of the underworld. | 1 answer |
| Hindu god of the dead | 1 answer |
| Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld | 1 answer |
| Hindu "Pluto." | 1 answer |
| HINDU, first mortal of the | 1 answer |
| Deified mortal of Hindu myth. | 1 answer |
| "Mountain" in Japan | 1 answer |
| Four-armed Hindu deity | 2 answers |
| RAJA Yoga, first step of | 3 answers |
| Kawasaki competitor | 4 answers |
| Hindu god of death | 5 answers |
| MAN, first | 6 answers |
| FIRST man | 7 answers |
| Hindu God | 36 answers |
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Sentences with YAMA (5)
This law (graven on the tablets brought down by Whistler from the summit of Fuji-yama) imposed certain limitations.
Now, Yama, the Lord of this City, is the Lord of Death.” And having thus read the Princess rolled the book and put it from her.
Both views have been retained by Buddhism.” The Yama of the text is the “regent of the narakas, residing south of Jambudvipa, outside the Chakravalas (the double circuit of mountains above), in a palace built of brass and iron.
Three times, however, in every twenty-four hours, a demon pours boiling copper into Yama’s mouth, and squeezes it down his throat, causing him unspeakable pain.” Such, however, is the wonderful “transrotation of births,” that when Yama’s sins have been expiated, he is to be reborn as Buddha, under the name of “The Universal King.” (5) Or, “was loosed;” from the bonds, I suppose, of his various illusions.
Rakshasas and messengers of Yama, fierce and hideous, assumed at pleasure the shapes of foul and ferocious beasts.
Quotes with YAMA (2)
Let us see rather that like Janus — or better, like Yama, the Brahmin god of death — religion has two faces, one very friendly, one very gloomy...
Then the one called Raltariki is really a demon?" asked Tak." Yes — and no," said Yama, "If by 'demon' you mean a malefic, supernatural creature, possessed of great powers, life span and the ability to temporarily assume virtually any shape — then the answer is no. This is the generally accepted definition, but it is untrue in one respect.""Oh? And what may that be?""It is not a supernatural creature.""But it is all those other things?""Yes.""Then I fail to see what differenc…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1948–2024).