[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.5174 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5174 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5174 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5174) YAMUNĀDVĪPA. An island in the river Yamunā. It was on this island that Vyāsa was conceived as the result of the union of sage Parāśara with Satyavatī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 60, Verse 2). - [Previous: c9.5173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5173) - [Next: c9.5175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5175) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5174) · Pramāṇa