Yamuna
English
editEtymology
editA transliteration of Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), which is from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs in parallel with the Ganges.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editYamuna
Alternative forms
editTranslations
edittributary of the Ganges
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References
edit- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “Yamuna”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 846, 847.
- ^ Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) Vedic index of names and subjects, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 186