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Origin · 3 tellings · contested

Yama, the first to die

Yama chooses death, finds the path to the other world and becomes king of those who follow; the funeral hymn directs the dead to him past his two dogs.

Yama, The two dogs of Yama, Varuna, Sarama

Pan-India