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Mandavya

माण्डव्य

Cursed Yama

Maitreya says that the Lord Yama, who restrains beings, was born by the curse of Mandavya: 'mANDavya-shApAd bhagavAn prajA-saMyamano yamaH' (SB 3.5.20). This is the only mention of Mandavya in this Skandha, and the curse is the ground on which he is identified.