Yamī
mythological figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Yamī, referenced as unable to hinder Indra during his battle with the serpent.
Yamī dispersed neither mist nor hailstorm against him.
The two who are akin, kindred as the couple of sky and earth — may Yamī uncover the non-kinship of Yama.
The desire of Yamī has come to me, Yama, for lying together in the same womb.
Rigveda
Twin sister of Yama who pleads for union with her brother in a dialogue hymn.
The longing for Yama has come upon Yamī, to lie together in the same womb.
May Yamī, twin-born, related as kin to Yama, bear what is non-kin between Heaven and Earth.
Yamī speaks: