Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

yamunā यमुना – yamunā

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

yamúnā ·f. N. of river (identif. w. yamī́).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Yamunā, f., N. of a river, commonly called the Jumna (personified as Yamī, the twin sister of Yama, q. v., and hence regarded as daughter of the Sun as well as sister of the seventh Manu or Manu Vaivasvata; this celebrated river rises in the Himā- laya mountains among the Jumnotri peaks at an elevation of 10, 849 feet, and flows for 860 miles before it joins the Ganges at Allahabad, its water being there clear as crystal, while that of the Ganges is yellow; the confluence is a very sacred spot with the Hindūs, and the river Sarasvatī being supposed to join the other two rivers underground, the place is called tri-veṇī, q. v.); N. of a daughter of the Muni Mataṅga.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

yamúnā́ (yamunā́ UṆĀDIS. 3,61) f. 1〉 N. pr. eines Flusses AK. 1,2,3,31. TRIK. 1,2,31. H. 1083. HALĀY. 3,52. LIA. I, 47. fg. ṚV. 5,52,17. āva̱dindràṃ ya̱munā̱ tṛtsàvaśca ṚV. 7,18,19. ṚV. 10,75,5. AIT. BR. 8,23 (vgl. ŚAT. BR. 13,5,4,11). ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 13,29,25. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 13,29,33. PAÑCAV. BR. 9,4,11. PAÑCAV. BR. 25,10,24. PAÑCAV. BR. 25,13,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,6,10. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,6,39. LĀṬY. 10,19,9. LĀṬY. 10,19,10. ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,6,28. MBH. 3,8217. MBH. 5,7346. MBH. 6,322. HARIV. 3620. fgg. HARIV. 5768. fgg. HARIV. 9506. R. 2,71,6. MEGH. 52. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,37. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,26. VP. 572. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 46,b, N. 3. ˚tīrthamāhātmya Verz. d. B. H. 144,14. mit yamī, der Zwillingsschwester Yamaʼs, identificirt HARIV. 552. HARIV. 6784. MĀRK. P. 77,7. MĀRK. P. 78,30. MĀRK. P. 106,3. MĀRK. P. 108,19. ˚prati Bein. Viṣṇuʼs PAÑCAR. 4,3,147. — 2〉 N. pr. einer Tochter des Muni Mataṅga KATHĀS. 67,74. fgg. KATHĀS. 101,151.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

yamúnā f. N. pr. — 1〉 eines Flusses. Wird mit yamī, der Zwillingsschwester Yamaʼs, identificirt. — 2〉 einer Tochter des Muni Mataṅga. — 3〉 einer Kuh Comm. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 22,11,14.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

yamunā 1 N. of a celebrated river (regarded as a sister of Yama). 2 N. of Durgā. Comp. — patiḥ N. of Viṣṇu. — bhid m. N. of Balarāma. — bhrātṛ m. Yama, the god of death.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

yamúnā f. N. eines Flusses (mit) yamī indentif.).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

yamunā yamunā f. (yama) la Yamunā [auj. Jumna], affluent qui se jette dans le Gange au prayāga d'Allahâbad [elle est fille de Sūrya et sœur de Yama et de Manu]. yamunājanaka m. Sūrya, père de Yamunā. yamunābhid m. Baladeva, qui partagea la Yamunā avec le soc de sa charrue. yamunābhrātṛ m. Yama.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 2 occurrences

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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