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2021
Yama or Yamarāja is a god of death, the south direction, and the underworld, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities. In Sanskrit, his name can be interpreted to mean “twin”. In the Zend-Avesta of Zoroastrianism, he is called “Yima”.
Aksayamati Lokeshvara is also identical with Avalokita except that he holds the rosary in his right hand and the lotus on a water-vessel against the chest with his left.
Yamadanda Lokeshvara is one-faced and six armed and sits in the Lalita attitude on a lotus. His three right hands hold the sword, the lotus, and the Vajra, while his three left to display the fruit, the bowl of gems and an unspecified mudra.