YAMA
\jˈɑːmə], \jˈɑːmə], \j_ˈɑː_m_ə]\
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In Hind. myth. the god of departed spirits and the appointed judge and punisher of the dead: the embodiment of power without pity, and stern, unbending fate. He is generally represented as crowned and seated on a buffalo, which he guides by the horns. He is four-armed and of austere countenance. In one hand he holds a mace, in another a noose which is used to draw out of the bodies of men the souls which are doomed to appear before his judgment-seat. His garments are of the color of fire, his skin is of a bluish green.
By Daniel Lyons
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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