Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In early Hindu myth., the first mortal, son of the sun (Vivasvant) and progenitor of the human race, who went first to the other world, and ruled as king of those who followed him thither; later, the god of departed spirits and the appointed judge and punisher of the dead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hindoo Myth.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.
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- proper noun The Hindu
lord ofdeath .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nachiketas, where the name Yama, the Indian god of the lower world, bears an obvious resemblance to the Japanese yomi (hades), as does, indeed, the whole Indian myth of Yami and Yama to that of Izanagi and
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Niitaka Yama is the highest mountain in the Japanese Empire.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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To climb Niitaka Yama is to accomplish one of the greatest feats—in other words, undertake the task for carrying out assigned operations. 1208 signifies the 12 month, 8th day, Item time.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Transmission of the message to the entire Japanese Navy took most of the night hours; see Kanya Miyauchi Niitaka Yama Nobore 1208 Tokyo: Rikkyou Shuppan, 1976, p.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Niitaka Yama is the highest mountain in the Japanese Empire.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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To climb Niitaka Yama is to accomplish one of the greatest feats—in other words, undertake the task for carrying out assigned operations. 1208 signifies the 12 month, 8th day, Item time.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Transmission of the message to the entire Japanese Navy took most of the night hours; see Kanya Miyauchi Niitaka Yama Nobore 1208 Tokyo: Rikkyou Shuppan, 1976, p.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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To climb Niitaka Yama is to accomplish one of the greatest feats—in other words, undertake the task for carrying out assigned operations. 1208 signifies the 12 month, 8th day, Item time.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Niitaka Yama is the highest mountain in the Japanese Empire.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Transmission of the message to the entire Japanese Navy took most of the night hours; see Kanya Miyauchi Niitaka Yama Nobore 1208 Tokyo: Rikkyou Shuppan, 1976, p.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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