Yamasvasri, Yamasvasṛ, Yama-svasri: 5 definitions
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Yamasvasri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Yamasvasṛ can be transliterated into English as Yamasvasr or Yamasvasri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYamasvasṛ (यमस्वसृ).—f.
1) Name of the river Yamunā; क्षणमिव पुलिने यमस्वसुस्ताम् (kṣaṇamiva puline yamasvasustām) Bhāgavata 3.4.27.
2) Name of Durgā.
Yamasvasṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yama and svasṛ (स्वसृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYamasvasṛ (यमस्वसृ).—f.
(-sā) 1. The Yamuna river. 2. A name of Durga. E. yama Yama, svasṛ the sister.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYamasvasṛ (यमस्वसृ).—f. the Yamunā river.
— Cf. [Gothic.] svistar; A. S. sweoster, swuster, syster; [Latin] soror, con-sobrinus.
Yamasvasṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yama and svasṛ (स्वसृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yamasvasṛ (यमस्वसृ):—[=yama-svasṛ] [from yama > yam] f. ‘Y°’s sister’, Name of the river Yamunā or Jumnā, [Harivaṃśa; Harṣacarita]
2) [v.s. ...] of Durgā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYamasvasṛ (यमस्वसृ):—[yama-svasṛ] (sā) 1. f. Jumna; Durgā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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