Name #162 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

यमः Yama — meaning in Hindi

Yama (yamaḥ) is name #162 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

हृदय के भीतर से शासन करने वाले नियंता

In English: The restrainer who rules from within the heart

From shloka 17 · chapter Kūrma

उपेन्द्रो वामनः प्रांशुरमोघः शुचिरूर्जितः
अतीन्द्रः सङ्ग्रहः सर्गो धृतात्मा नियमो यमः
verse 17

Also in this shloka: upendraḥ · vāmanaḥ · prāṃśuḥ · amoghaḥ · śuciḥ · ūrjitaḥ · atīndraḥ · saṅgrahaḥ · sargaḥ · dhṛtātmā · niyamaḥ

Yama in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English