Yama (Buddhism)

Yama (Buddhism) - a Buddhist dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead, preside over the Narakas (Hells) and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra. Article “Yama (Buddhism)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.29 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Yama (Buddhism)”, its content was written by 19 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 450 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 875 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1453 in August 2019
• Global: #25848 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #112 in December 2023
• Global: #42010 in August 2008

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Yama (Buddhism)		58.2076
2	Russian (ru) Яма (буддизм)		36.053
3	Tamil (ta) யமன் (பௌத்தம்)		33.808
4	French (fr) Yama (bouddhisme)		30.8323
5	Japanese (ja) 閻魔		25.7678
6	Slovenian (sl) Jama (budizem)		22.6915
7	Lithuanian (lt) Janvangas		15.4624
8	Czech (cs) Jama (buddhismus)		14.7618
9	Portuguese (pt) Iama (budismo)		14.4416
10	Simple English (simple) Yama (Buddhism)		11.5643

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Yama (Buddhism)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 閻魔		2 508 678
2	English (en) Yama (Buddhism)		2 292 556
3	Spanish (es) Enma		265 136
4	Russian (ru) Яма (буддизм)		249 795
5	Simple English (simple) Yama (Buddhism)		173 129
6	Portuguese (pt) Iama (budismo)		23 923
7	French (fr) Yama (bouddhisme)		6 528
8	Czech (cs) Jama (buddhismus)		5 860
9	Malay (ms) Enma		5 282
10	Tamil (ta) யமன் (பௌத்தம்)		5 099

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Yama (Buddhism)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Yama (Buddhism)		10 195
2	Japanese (ja) 閻魔		6 120
3	Russian (ru) Яма (буддизм)		899
4	Simple English (simple) Yama (Buddhism)		487
5	Spanish (es) Enma		401
6	Portuguese (pt) Iama (budismo)		110
7	French (fr) Yama (bouddhisme)		77
8	Malay (ms) Enma		46
9	Czech (cs) Jama (buddhismus)		23
10	Turkish (tr) Yama (Budizm)		21

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Yama (Buddhism)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Yama (Buddhism)		200
2	Japanese (ja) 閻魔		114
3	Russian (ru) Яма (буддизм)		36
4	Spanish (es) Enma		23
5	Simple English (simple) Yama (Buddhism)		19
6	Portuguese (pt) Iama (budismo)		17
7	French (fr) Yama (bouddhisme)		10
8	Czech (cs) Jama (buddhismus)		6
9	Malay (ms) Enma		6
10	Tamil (ta) யமன் (பௌத்தம்)		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Yama (Buddhism)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Yama (Buddhism)		3
2	Czech (cs) Jama (buddhismus)		0
3	Spanish (es) Enma		0
4	French (fr) Yama (bouddhisme)		0
5	Japanese (ja) 閻魔		0
6	Lithuanian (lt) Janvangas		0
7	Malay (ms) Enma		0
8	Norwegian (no) Jama (mytologi)		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Iama (budismo)		0
10	Russian (ru) Яма (буддизм)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Yama (Buddhism)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 閻魔		469
2	English (en) Yama (Buddhism)		263
3	Russian (ru) Яма (буддизм)		79
4	Spanish (es) Enma		15
5	Portuguese (pt) Iama (budismo)		13
6	Czech (cs) Jama (buddhismus)		8
7	French (fr) Yama (bouddhisme)		6
8	Tamil (ta) யமன் (பௌத்தம்)		6
9	Turkish (tr) Yama (Budizm)		5
10	Malay (ms) Enma		4

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Jama (buddhismus)
en	English Yama (Buddhism)
es	Spanish Enma
fr	French Yama (bouddhisme)
ja	Japanese 閻魔
lt	Lithuanian Janvangas
ms	Malay Enma
no	Norwegian Jama (mytologi)
pt	Portuguese Iama (budismo)
ru	Russian Яма (буддизм)
simple	Simple English Yama (Buddhism)
sl	Slovenian Jama (budizem)
ta	Tamil யமன் (பௌத்தம்)
tr	Turkish Yama (Budizm)

Best Rank

Simple English: #112 12.2023

Global: #42010 08.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #1453 08.2019

Global: #25848 03.2004

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