Vedic COMMON Yama ATK 7 DEF 9 SPR 10 SPD 6 INT 9 CHA – WIS – END – Special Ancestral Welcome Vedic Yama as hospitable king of the dead c. 1500 BCE; transformation into judicial Yama-Dharmaraja c. 600 BCE – 300 CE; Katha Upanishad (c. 600-400 BCE) — the pivotal text where Yama reveals the nature of the atman
