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Yama

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Yama

In Indian mythology, the lord of death. The Vedas describe him as the first man who died. The son of the sun god Surya, he presides over the resting place of the dead. In the Vedas, he was a cheerful king of the departed ancestors, but in later mythology he became known as the just judge who punished the deceased for their sins.


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YAMA TORABI has a dream: to create a research unit in his native Afghanistan which will prepare young Afghans for work in politics, public administration and the social sciences.
They are Yama (a practice of abstinences), Niyama (a practice of observances), Asana (poses), Pranayama (breath control), Pratyahara (sense withdrawal), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation), and Samadi (contemplation, absorption).
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