Yama in Hell, Judge of the Dead - Some Questions & A Simple Outline
Yama in Hell as understood in Himalayan & Tibetan Buddhism and subsequent artistic representations might appear at first glance to be a simple topic, not too profound, nothing complicated, and so it seems.
Here are some basic questions:
1. Who is Yama according to Buddhism?
2. How is Yama described?
3. Is Yama a living being, a personification, a deity, or a god?
4. Is the Buddhist Yama the same as the Hindu Yama (is there a Hindu - Vedic/Puranic - Yama)?