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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Yamapuri (यमपुरि).—The kingdom of Dharma.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 106. 20; 108. 3; Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 21. 30.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

yamapurī (यमपुरी).—f (S) The city or town of Yama. The word is common in phrases; as ya0 cī yātanā f ya0 cā daṇḍa m ya0 cēṃ duḥkha n Terms applied to any exceedingly heavy sickness, severe punishment, hard beating &c. ya0 sa pāṭhaviṇēṃ To beat soundly. 2 Cant. A prison.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

yamapurī (यमपुरी).—n The city of Yama.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Partial matches: Puri, Yama.

Starts with: Yamapurisa.

Full-text: Kala, Yamapattika, Yama, Yamapata, Vaivasvata, Yamavaivasvata.

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