Yama (disambiguation)

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Yama is the lord of death in vedic mythology.

• Yama (Hinduism), in the context of Hinduism
• Yama (East Asia), in the context of East Asian mythology

It may also refer to:

• Yamas, codes of conduct described in various Hindu scriptures.
• Yama (album), a 1979 album by Art Farmer with Joe Henderson
• Yamá, a trade language used by some Native American tribes around the Gulf of Mexico
• Yama, Burkina Faso, a village in central Burkina Faso.
• Yama District, Fukushima, an administrative district in Japan
• Yama, a former name of the town Kingisepp in Russia.
• Holocaust memorial „The Pit“ (in Russian: „Яма“ or „Yama“) at the location of the Minsk Ghetto, today in Belarus
• Gul Ahmmad Yama, a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections
• Yama, the Japanese word for mountain
• Yama security module, a security module for the Linux kernel

See also

• Yamma (disambiguation)
• Yam (disambiguation)