Yama
quoted 19 times by 7 works · an author the library holds
also in the atlas: Yama the figure
Most often carried — quoted as a source. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
6 quoted · 3 reported · 10 carried
5 neutralin the voice of Yama 2 , Yamī 2 , Death (Mṛtyu) 1 , Hemādri 1 , the officiant 1 , the officiant/narrator 1 , the priest 1
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in the voice of Yama
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Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 9 citations · 13 passages
Direct citation introduced with 'says the blessed Yama' and quoted directly as an exception clause.
"If Jupiter is in accelerated motion in Aries, Scorpio, Taurus, or Aquarius, there is no lapse of time, says the blessed Yama.
chapter 1 ¶ -
in the voice of Yamī
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 1 neutral 3 citations · 4 passages
The paragraphs present direct first-person speech from Yamī proposing union, framed as a dialogue exchange.
The desire of Yamī has come to me, Yama, for lying together in the same womb.
kanda 18 ¶ -
in the voice of Yamī
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Rigveda Aufrecht (ed.) 3 neutral 3 citations · 13 passages
Each of these paragraphs is explicitly tagged 'Yamī speaks' and addresses Yama directly.
The longing for Yama has come upon Yamī, to lie together in the same womb.
maṇḍala 10 ¶ -
Manusmṛti Manu 1 citation
Formal declaration of a named vow constitutes a rule-stating speech act attributed to Yama's exemplary conduct.
As Yama restrains both the beloved and the hated when their time has come, so should the subjects be restrained by the king;
chapter 9 ¶ -
Nāradasmṛti Nārada 1 citation
The verse invokes Yama's 'vow' as an authoritative standard of impartiality the king should adopt, functioning as a citation of a named figure's exemplary conduct.
Therefore, having ascended the throne of justice, the king, free from envy, should be impartial to all beings, observing the vow of Yama.
chapter 1 ¶ -
in the voice of Yama
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Yama Smṛti Yama 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
Yama is explicitly marked as speaker and delivers a direct teaching in answer to the sages' question.
/ whether in a vessel or on the ground, drinkable water is a purifier of men.
chapter 1 ¶ -
in the voice of Death (Mṛtyu)
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Vālmīki 1 citation · 5 passages
Death's direct address to Yama, requesting release and asserting his lethal power, spans these consecutive verses.
"Release me rightly, O knower of dharma, until I slay him — for no one I have set eyes upon lives even for a moment.
kanda 7 ¶
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