Yamaloka

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Yamaloka is the mythological realm of the dead in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, presided over by the god Yama, where souls undergo judgment after death.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yamaloka canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist mythological location ⓘ
Hindu mythological location ⓘ
afterlife realm ⓘ
mythological realm ⓘ
realm of the dead ⓘ
religious cosmological concept ⓘ
appearsIn Buddhist cosmological texts ⓘ
Hindu mythological narratives ⓘ
associatedWithConcept afterlife ⓘ
karma ⓘ
post-mortem judgment ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Yama ⓘ
contrastedWith Naraka ⓘ
Svarga ⓘ
cosmologicalLevel lower realm compared to heavenly worlds ⓘ
culturalContext Indian religions ⓘ
South Asian religious cosmology ⓘ
etymology compound of ‘Yama’ and ‘loka’ ⓘ
governedBy laws of karma ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Yama-loka ⓘ
linked to: Naraka

Yama’s realm ⓘ
hasFunction destination of the dead ⓘ
place where souls undergo judgment ⓘ
realm of judgment after death ⓘ
hasJudicialAspect court of Yama ⓘ
weighing of deeds after death ⓘ
hasType underworld ⓘ
inhabitedBy Yama ⓘ
Yama’s attendants ⓘ
souls of the dead ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
meaningOfName world of Yama ⓘ
moralSignificance symbol of ethical accountability after death ⓘ
partOf Buddhist cosmology ⓘ
Hindu cosmology ⓘ
presidedBy Yama ⓘ
relatedConcept Naraka (hell realms) ⓘ
linked to: Naraka

Pitrloka ⓘ
Svargaloka ⓘ
linked to: Svarga
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
roleInBeliefSystem intermediate state after death ⓘ
place where merit and demerit are assessed ⓘ
supervisedBy Yama as judge of the dead ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yama → domain → Yamaloka ⓘ
Yama → abode → Yamaloka ⓘ
Yamaraja → abode → Yamaloka ⓘ
Chitragupta → abode → Yamaloka ⓘ
Yamadutas → associatedRealm → Yamaloka ⓘ