YĀMUNA (fl. c. 1022–1038), known in Tamil as Ᾱḻavandār; Hindu philosopher, theologian, and devotional poet. Yāmuna lived in the Tamil-speaking area of South India and represented a learned family of brahmans...

The Jumna (or Yamuna) River rises in the Indian Himalayas in the north of Uttar Pradesh state, at the southwestern base of the Jamnotri Peaks, near the Jamnotri hot springs, at an elevation of 3,307 meters. It flows south to break through the Siwalik...

(Jumna) a sacred river, a tributary of , joining it at Prayāga; as goddess she is regarded as the daughter of the Sun...

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The Yamuna (Sanskrit: यमुना, sometimes called Jamuna or Jumna) is a major tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India. With a total length of around 1,370 kilometers (851 mi), it is the largest tributary of the Ganges....

Water is an important resource as well as a constraint to the development of a region. Owing to the multiplicity of dimensions associated with water resource management, it crosses several disciplines and often calls for an integrated approach towards it. This paper argues for...

Yamuna Devi. Dutton, $23 ISBN 0-525-93487-1 Renewed interest in vegetarian cooking is spawning new cookbooks. Few, however, are as exciting or original as this one by Devi (Lord Krishna's Table), who highlights "a personal cuisine inspired by many traditions, best characterized by...

Conservationists and scientists scrambled Tuesday to determine what has killed at least 50 critically endangered crocodile-like reptiles in recent weeks in a river sanctuary in central India.Everything from parasites to pollution has been blamed for the deaths of the gharials — massive reptiles that look...

Hundreds of Hindu holy men, naked but for the ash smeared on their bodies and an occasional marigold garland, led a sea of humanity to the waters of the Ganges River Monday to wash away their sins at the apex of a weekslong pilgrimage.By midmorning...