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YAMA

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology

Other Scripts: यम (Sanskrit)

Means "reign, curb" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu god of death. He is also regarded as the first mortal being, or in other words, the first person to die.
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