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Guardians of the directions and Yama (Hinduism)

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Difference between Guardians of the directions and Yama (Hinduism)

Guardians of the directions vs. Yama (Hinduism)

The Guardians of the Directions (Sanskrit: दिक्पाल, Dikpāla) are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism and Vajrayāna Buddhism—especially Kālacakra. In Hinduism, Yama (यम) is the lord of death.

Similarities between Guardians of the directions and Yama (Hinduism)

Guardians of the directions and Yama (Hinduism) have 10 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bhadra, Buddhism, Danda, Hinduism, Lokapala, Pasha (Hinduism), Shani, Surya, Yama, Yamuna in Hinduism.

Bhadra

In Hinduism, Bhadra is a goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's Gana.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Danda

In Indic scripts, the danda (Sanskrit: दण्ड "stick") is a punctuation character.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Lokapala

Lokapāla, Sanskrit and Pāli for "guardian of the world", has different uses depending on whether it is found in a Hindu or Buddhist context.

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Pasha (Hinduism)

Pasha, often translated as "noose" or "lasso", is a supernatural weapon depicted in Hindu iconography.

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Shani

Shani (शनि) refers to the planet Saturn, and is one of the nine heavenly objects known as Navagraha in Hindu astrology.

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Surya

Surya (सूर्य, IAST: ‘'Sūrya’') is a Sanskrit word that means the Sun.

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Yama

Yama or Yamarāja is a god of death, the south direction, and the underworld, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities.

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Yamuna in Hinduism

Yamuna is a sacred river in Hinduism and the main tributary of the Goddess Ganga (Ganges), the holiest river of Hinduism.

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Guardians of the directions and Yama (Hinduism) Comparison

Guardians of the directions has 91 relations, while Yama (Hinduism) has 42. As they have in common 10, the Jaccard index is 7.52% = 10 / (91 + 42).

References

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