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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry जय

  1. जयjayaConquest, triumph, victory, success, winning (in battle, game or a law-suit); सप्त वित्तागमा धर्म्या दायो लाभः…

    [जि भावे अच्]

    1. Conquest, triumph, victory, success, winning (in battle, game or a law-suit); सप्त वित्तागमा धर्म्या दायो लाभः क्रयो जयः Mb.1.115.
    2. Restraint, curbing, conquest as in इन्द्रियजय.
    3. Name of the sun.
    4. Name of Jayanta, son of Indra; जगृहे च धनुधीता मुसलं तु जयस्तथा Mb.1.227.34.
    5. Name of Yudhiṣṭhira, the first Pāndava prince.
    6. Name of an attendant of Visnu.
    7. An epithet of Arjuna; संस्मरन् भ्रातरं जयम् Mb.3.158.2.
    8. Name of the Mahābhārata; देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयमुदीरयेत् Mb.1.1.1; Bhāg.1.2.4;
    9. The heroic sentiment; सहजेतरौ जयशमौ दधती Ki.6.22.
    10. Words of victory; जयेन वर्धयित्वा च मारीचप्रमुखास्ततः Rām.7.23.3.
    11. a prayer for victory.
    12. congratulations after victory; a cheer of victory.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -उद्धुर Adjective exulting in victory.

    • -कुञ्जरः a victorious elephant; आक्षिप्तो जयकुञ्जरेण Ratn.4.12.

    • -पालः

      1. a king.
      2. an epithet of Brahmā.
      3. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    • -पुत्रकः a kind of dice.

    • -या

      1. Name of Durgā.
      2. Name of an attendant of the goddess Durgā.
      3. A kind of banner.
      4. The third, eighth or thirteenth lunar days of any of the two lunar fortnights.
    • -अजयौ Victory and defeat; सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ Bg.2.38.

    • -आवह Adjective conferring victory.

    • -आशिस् Feminine

    • -कोलाहलः

      1. a shout of victory.
      2. a kind of game with dice.
    • -गतः Adjective Conquering, victorious; उक्तविपरीत- लक्षणसंपन्नो जयगतो विनिर्दिष्टः Bṛi. S.17.1.

    • -घोषः, -घोषणम्, -णा a proclamation of victory.

    • -ढक्का a kind of drum beaten as a sign of victory.

    • -दम् A height which is 1 1/2 of the breadth; Māna.35.22-26.

    • -दत्तः Name of Jayanta, Indra's son.

    • -देवः Name of the author of Gītagovinda; यावच्छृङ्गारसारस्वतमिह जयदेवस्य विष्वग्वचांसि Gīt. last stanza.

    • -पत्रम् a record of victory.

    • -मङ्गलः

      1. a royal elephant.
      2. a remedy for fever. (-लम्) a cheer of victory; ततोऽ ब्धिवीचिनिर्घोषैरुद्गीतजयमङ्गलः Rāj. T.4.158.
    • -यज्ञः the अश्वमेध sacrifice -लक्ष्मीः, -श्रीः the goddess of victory; जयलक्ष्म्या बबन्धास्थां श्वश्रूः Rāj. T.5.246; बभार यद्भुजस्तम्भो जयश्री- सालभञ्जिकाम् Tbe same 2.64; Ku.2.52.

    • -लेखम् record of victory; ...... रतिजयलेखम् Gīt.8.3.

    • -वाहिनी an epithet of Śachī.

    • -शब्दः

      1. a shout of victory.
      2. the exclamation 'jaya' (hail ! glory !) uttered by bards etc.
    • -शृङ्गम् a horn blown to announce a victory.

    • -स्तम्भः a trophy, a column erected to commemorate a victory, a triumphal column; निचखान जयस्तम्भान् गङ्गास्रोतोऽन्तरेषु सः R.4.36; यस्याद्यापि जयस्तम्भाः सन्ति ते पूर्ववारिधौ Rāj. T.3. 479.

    • -स्थलम् Name of a village, Tbe same 5.121.

    • -स्वामिन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.

    In the Gita10·36

    जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ॥

    jayo'smi vyavasāyo'smi sattvaṁ sattvavatāmaham. — I am the gambling of the cunning, and the strength of the mighty; I am resolution and perseverance and victory; I am the sattwic quality of the good. 10·36
    • जयःjayaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun jaya (victory).

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Headwords under ज

Part 2 of 5 जय – जानानAll parts
  1. ज – जम्व
  2. जय – जानान
  3. जानि – जीवित
  4. जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठ
  5. ज्यैष्ठिनेय – ज्वालिन्