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Visual depiction of Yama Dharmaraja

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Vol. II · Polytheism · death

Yama Dharmaraja

Buddhist king of justice


seated in divine judgment with the Wheel of Life in his hands, the mirror of karma reflecting every deed of the soul before him

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
death

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.