What is Yama or Yamraj?
ANSWER- Yama (Sanskrit: यम) or Yamarāja (यमराज) is the god of death, belonging to an early stratum of Vedic mythology. In Sanskrit, his name can be interpreted to mean "twin". In the Zend-Avesta he is called "Yima".According to the Vishnu Purana, Yama is the son of the sungod Surya and of Sanjna, the daughter of Visvakarman, sometimes called "Usha". He is the brother of the current ManuVaivasvatha and of his older sister Yami, which H.H. Wilson indicates to mean the Yamuna river. According toHarivamsa Purana her name is Daya.In the Vedas, Yama is said to have been the first mortal who died. By virtue of precedence, he became the ruler of the departed, called "Lord of the Pitrs".There is a one-of-a-kind temple in Srivanchiyam, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to Yama.
Mentioned by the Buddha in the Pali canon, Yama subsequently enteredBuddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as a wrathful godunder various transliterations.
