Yāmyā (Āśā Devī)

Yāmyā · yāmyā, “she of Yama”

Yāmyā is one of the ten Āśā Devīs, the direction-devīs. She is the third named in the list Śrī Kṛshṇa gives to Yudhishṭhira in the Uttara Parva: Aindrī, Āgneyī, Yāmyā, Nairṛti, Vāruṇī, Vāyavyā, Saumyā, Aiśānī, Adhaḥ and Brāhmī.

Images of the Āśā Devīs are made of gold, silver or pishṭātaka and worshipped in the courtyard of the house, and one prays to them for the fulfilment of one’s wishes.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 64

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 64