"यमुना" meaning in Sanskrit

See यमुना in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /jɐ.mu.nɑː/ [Vedic], /jɐ.mu.n̪ɑː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From यम (yáma, “twin”) Head templates: {{sa-prop|g=f}} यमुना • (yamunā) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|n=s}} Forms: yamunā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], यमुना [nominative, singular], यमुनाम् [accusative, singular], यमुनया [instrumental, singular], यमुना1 [instrumental, singular], यमुनायै [dative, singular], यमुनायाः [ablative, singular], यमुनायै2 [ablative, singular], यमुनायाः [genitive, singular], यमुनायै2 [genitive, singular], यमुनायाम् [locative, singular], यमुने [singular, vocative]
  1. (geography) the river Yamuna
    Sense id: en-यमुना-sa-name-B8s0WgGY Categories (other): Geography, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 62 38 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 58 42 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  2. (Hinduism) the Yamuna river personified as the goddess Tags: Hinduism
    Sense id: en-यमुना-sa-name-~8DNs7O7 Categories (other): Hinduism
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: अंशुमती, अरुणजा, अर्कसुता, अर्कतनया, अर्कजा, अर्कात्मजा, आर्यमणी, दैवाकरी, दैवाकरि, दिनकरात्मजा, दिनकरतनया, दिवाकरसुता, कालिन्दी, कलिन्दात्मजा, कलिन्दजा, कलिन्दसुता, कलिन्दतनया, कलिन्दनन्दिनी, कलिन्दकन्या, कल्माषी, कालगङ्गा, मेचकापगा, शमनस्वसृ, सावित्री, सूर्यपुत्री, सूर्यजा, सूर्यतनया, श्यामा, तपनसुता, तपनात्मजा, तपनतनया, तापी, तरणितनया, त्रियामा, वैवस्वती, यमी, यमस्वसृ, यमभगिनी, यमानुजा

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From यम (yáma, “twin”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yamunā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुना",
      "roman": "yamunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनाम्",
      "roman": "yamunām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनया",
      "roman": "yamunayā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुना1",
      "roman": "yamunā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनायै",
      "roman": "yamunāyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनायाः",
      "roman": "yamunāyāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनायै2",
      "roman": "yamunāyai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनायाः",
      "roman": "yamunāyāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनायै2",
      "roman": "yamunāyai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुनायाम्",
      "roman": "yamunāyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यमुने",
      "roman": "yamune",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "यमुना • (yamunā) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-prop"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "sa:Geography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
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          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the river Yamuna"
      ],
      "id": "en-यमुना-sa-name-B8s0WgGY",
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "Yamuna",
          "Yamuna"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) the river Yamuna"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Hinduism",
          "orig": "sa:Hinduism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5",
          "roman": "Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Asiknī, Marudvṛdha and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.",
          "text": "इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।\nअ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥\nimáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.\nasiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā."
        }
      ],
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        "the Yamuna river personified as the goddess"
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "Yamuna",
          "Yamuna"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐ.mu.nɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐ.mu.n̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "अंशुमती"
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      "word": "अरुणजा"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "अर्कसुता"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "अर्कतनया"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "अर्कजा"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "अर्कात्मजा"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "आर्यमणी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "दैवाकरी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "दैवाकरि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "दिनकरात्मजा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "दिनकरतनया"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "दिवाकरसुता"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कालिन्दी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दात्मजा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दजा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दसुता"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दतनया"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दनन्दिनी"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "कलिन्दकन्या"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "मेचकापगा"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "शमनस्वसृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सावित्री"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सूर्यपुत्री"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सूर्यजा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सूर्यतनया"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "श्यामा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तपनसुता"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तपनात्मजा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "तपनतनया"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "तापी"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तरणितनया"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "त्रियामा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "वैवस्वती"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमस्वसृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमभगिनी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमानुजा"
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  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From यम (yáma, “twin”)",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "यमुने",
      "roman": "yamune",
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          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5",
          "roman": "Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Asiknī, Marudvṛdha and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.",
          "text": "इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।\nअ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥\nimáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.\nasiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā."
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      "word": "अंशुमती"
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      "word": "अरुणजा"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "अर्कसुता"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "अर्कतनया"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "अर्कजा"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दजा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दसुता"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दतनया"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दनन्दिनी"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कलिन्दकन्या"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कल्माषी"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "कालगङ्गा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "मेचकापगा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "शमनस्वसृ"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सावित्री"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सूर्यपुत्री"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सूर्यजा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "सूर्यतनया"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "श्यामा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तपनसुता"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तपनात्मजा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तपनतनया"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तापी"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "तरणितनया"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "त्रियामा"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "वैवस्वती"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमी"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमस्वसृ"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमभगिनी"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:यमुना",
      "word": "यमानुजा"
    }
  ],
  "word": "यमुना"
}

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