Pāli Dictionary

yamunā

yamrootunāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

yam1调御；精勤；止息

general

  • 河名，阎牟那河（亚穆纳河），古印度五大河之一

  • name of a river, the Yamunā; one of the five great rivers of ancient India

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā nu gaṅgaṃ yamunaṃ sarassatiṃ, pātālakhittaṃ vaḷavāmukhañ'ca, asajjamāno patareyyam'iddhiyā, vibhiṃsanaṃ taṃ nu kadā bhavissati.

  • Ud 5.5

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyath'idaṃ gaṅgā yamunā aciravatī sarabhū mahī, tā mahāsamuddaṃ patvā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, mahāsamuddo'tv'eva saṅkhaṃ gacchanti

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Yamunā
Other

  • 阎浮提五大河流中的第二条，常见于譬喻之中，据说也是龙族偏爱栖居之处。

  • The second of the five great rivers of Jambudīpa, often invoked in similes and said to have been the special resort of the nāgas.

Yamunā2
Place

  • 斯里兰卡富纳瓦达纳蓄水池向西分出的一条水道。

  • A channel branching westward from the Puṇṇavaḍḍhana Tank in Sri Lanka.

DN 20AN 10.15Ud 5.5

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