1. Yamuná. The second of the five great rivers of Jambudípa, which are often used in similes. Vin.ii.237; A.iv.101, 198, 202; v.22; S.ii.135; v.401, etc.; Ud.v.5; Mil.114 (where ten rivers are mentioned); Mtu.iii.203, 363.
On its banks were Kosambí and Madhurá. For its origin see Gangá. It is stated in the story of Bakkula (ThagA.i.344) that newly born children were bathed in the waters of the Yamuná for their health. The river was evidently the special resort of the Nágas (See, e.g., D.ii.259; J.vi.158, 161ff., 164, 197).
It is said that the fish of the Yamuná considered themselves more beautiful than those of the Gangá. J.ii.151ff. under the river was the realm of the Nága king, Dhatarattha (J.vi.200). The waters of the Gangá mix very easily with those of the Yamuná (J.v.496; vi. 412, 415).
2. Yamuná. A channel branching off westward from the Punnavaddhana Tank. Cv.lxxix.47.