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The exposition posted below on Lord Yama's identity is taken from the open source article: JOHN BOWKER. "Yama." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 18, 2013): Yama (Skt., ‘restraint’). 1. The god of death in Hinduism and Buddhism, also called Dharma Rāja, possibly connected with the Iranian Yima. In the Rig Veda…

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