Yamadūtas (Gotra of Viśvāmitra)

Yamadūta · yama-dūta, “the messengers of Yama”

Yamadūtas has other meanings too: see all meanings of Yamadūtas.

The Yamadūtas are one of the famous gotras (family lines) of the Kauśikas, the descendants of Viśvāmitra. The Brahma Purāṇa names them in its account of the line of Jahnu.

Among the Kauśika gotras

The teller tells the munis of Viśvāmitra, who became equal to a brahmarshi and was also called Viśvaratha, and of his famous sons, Devarāta and the others. Then he says that the gotras of the Kauśikas became famous, and names them in this order: the Pāṇinas, the Babhravas, the Dhyānajapyas, the Devarātas, the Śālaṅkāyanas, the Bāshkalas, the Lohitas, the Yamadūtas and the Kārūshakas. In the line of the brahmarshi Paurava and of Kauśika, he adds, the bond of brāhmaṇa and kshatriya became famous.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10