Mrtyu

Mrtyu
Yama's Court and Hell.

Mrtyu (from Vedic Sanskrit: मृत्यु IAST:mRtyu ; Latin cognate mortis), is a Sanskrit word meaning Death. Mrtyu or Death is often symbolized as the demigods Mara (मर) and Yama (यम) in Dharmic religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

  • Mara (Hindu goddess), the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology.
  • Mrtyu-mara as death in Buddhism or Mara, a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation.
  • Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is the lord of death in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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