यामुन

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

YĀMUNA I   A town in ancient India. [Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 51] .
YĀMUNA II   A mountain, made famous in the Purāṇas, standing between the rivers Gāṅgā and Yamunā. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 68, Verse 3] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यामुन  mfn.  mfn. ( fr. यमुना) belonging or relating to the river यमुना (commonly called Jumna), coming from it, growing in it &c., [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]
यामुन  m.  m. a metron. [Pāṇ. 4-1, 113] Sch.
N. of a mountain, [MBh.]; [R.]
यामुनाचार्य   of an author (also called and °र्य-स्वामिन्), [Cat.]
pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [Var.]; [Pur.]
यामुन  n.  n. ( scil. आञ्जन) antimony, collyrium, [AV.]
N. of a तीर्थ, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यामुन [yāmuna] a.  a. (-नी f.) [यमुना-अण्] Belonging to or coming from, or growing in, the Yamunā गाङ्गमम्बु सितमम्बु यामुनं कज्जलाभमुभयत्र मज्जतः [K. P.1.]
-नम्   A kind of collyrium; यक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः [Śiva. B.3.18;] also यामुनेयम्.

Shabda-Sagara

यामुन  mfn.  ( -नः-नी-नं) Relating to the Yamunā river.
 n.  ( -नं) Antimony, or rather the sulphuret of antimony, generally used as an appli- cation to darken the eyelashes, and strengthen the eyes.
E. यमुना the Jamunā river, and अण् aff.

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यमुना अण्