In the Hindu pantheon, Yama holds a unique place. A counterpart, in the indigenous tradition, of Avestan Yima, Egyptian Osiris or Greek Pluto, he inspires terror in the heart of an average mortal: not only owing to his overlordship of the abode of the dead, but also for his identification with dead, but also for his identification with death itself. Yama's image in Hindu mythology, however, has come to have full many variants - which Dr. Merh's study tries to ...
