Yama is the Hindu deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld.

Yama may also refer to: Yama (Buddhism) Yama in world religions

Yama may also refer to:

Places Yama, Burkina Faso Yama, Missouri, United States Yama District, Fukushima, Japan Yama (river), Magadan Oblast, Russia Yama, former name of Kingisepp, Russia Yama, former name of Siversk, Ukraine The Pit (memorial) (Belarusian: Яма Yama), a Holocaust memorial at the Minsk Ghetto, Belarus

People Anup Kumar Yama (born 1984), Indian roller skate athlete Conrad Yama (1919–2010), American actor Gul Ahmmad Yama, Afghan presidential candidate Joam Yama (c. 1566 – 1633), Japanese Jesuit cleric Michael Yama (died 2020), American actor Mihoko Yama (born 1949), Japanese high jumper Peter Yama (born 1955), Papua New Guinean politician Vladyslav Yama (born 1982), Ukrainian dancer Yamamotoyama Ryūta, or Yama, Japanese sumo wrestler Yama (singer), Japanese singer

Other uses Yāma, one of the six heavenly worlds in Buddhism Yamá, a trade language used by some Native American tribes around the Gulf of Mexico Yamas, ethical rules in Hinduism and Yoga Yama (album), by Art Farmer with Joe Henderson, 1979 Yama: The Pit, a novel by Alexander Kuprin published in installments 1909–1915 Yama, a Linux Security Module Yama, a song by Armin van Buuren & Vini Vici, 2021 Yāmā (poetry collection), a Hindi poetry collection by Mahadevi Varma

See also

Yamma (disambiguation) Yamna (disambiguation) Yam (disambiguation) Yami (disambiguation) Yamuna (disambiguation) King of Hell (disambiguation) Yanwang (disambiguation) Yamudiki Mogudu (disambiguation)