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Is Yami the twin sister of Yama?
The story is described in chapter 77 of the Markandeya Purana:
The daughter of Vishwakarman [the divine architect] was the wife of the sun, by name Sajna who begat on her a son, by name Manu, who, ...
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What scripture has the story of the death of Yama and the creation of the night?
The story is described in Kanda 1, Prapathaka 5, Anuvaka 12 of the Maitrayani Samhita of the Yajur Veda
yamo vā amriyata te devā yamyā yamam apābruvaṃs tāṃ yad apṛchant sābravīd adyāmṛteti te 'bruvan ...
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