Yama (Buddhism)
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In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama is the King of Hell and a dharmapala said to judge the dead, presiding over the hellish realms and over the cycle of life and rebirth. He goes by other names
14th-century Chinese Yuan dynasty portrait of King Yama. One of a series of paintings of the "Ten Kings of Hell" by Lu Xinzhong
Yama (seated centre) in a judgement scene in Naraka, a depiction at Wat Muang, Thailand
Yama (Buddhism) Musée Labit -France
Yama, Met Museum
Naraka (Buddhism)
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Naraka is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as "hell" or "purgatory". Another term used for the concept of hell in earlier writings is niraya. In Cambodia, Naraka was part of
Yama (Buddhism)
…In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama is the King of Hell and a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead, presiding over the hellish realms and over the cycle of life and rebirth. He goes by other names as well, including Yanluo Wang, Yan Wang, Master Yan Wang, Lord Yan, and Yanluo, Son of…
Naraka in Burmese art
A hell warden sawing a hell inhabitant into pieces
Blood Pond of Hell in the Exhibition of the Eighteen Hells in the Mantontaichienfu (麻豆代天府 十八層地獄)
A scene of punishment with boiling, at a hell scenery in Wat Muang, Thailand