जयन्तीjayantī

जयन्ती (jayantī) is a Sanskrit word meaning victorious, the moon, name of a Dhruvaka, shiva, a son of Indra, of a Rudra. Its 37 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Names of Deities/Divine Beings, Names of Human/Mythological Figures, Geographical Names/Locations.

Definitions: 37

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Meanings by context

Names of Deities/Divine Beings

11 definitions

Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Indra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Rudra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Upendra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Gandharva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a subdivision of the Anuttara deities in Jainism

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Durga, Dakshayani

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a daughter of Indra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Yogini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Surangana

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

daughter of Indra who became the wife of Shukra and mother of Devayani

— The Purana Index

Names of Human/Mythological Figures

10 definitions

Name of a Dhruvaka

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Akrura's father

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Bhimasena at Virata's court

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a minister of Dasharatha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Gauda king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a Kashmiri Brahmin

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a writer on grammar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wife of Rishabha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Bestowed by Indra in marriage to Rishabha. 2. Mother of a hundred sons including Bharata.

— The Purana Index

the wife of Vrishabharaga and daughter of Kashi

— The Purana Index

Geographical Names/Locations

6 definitions

of a mountain

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of a town

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a country

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a town

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a river

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Auspicious Time/Festival (Tithi/Night)

4 definitions

Krishna's birthnight

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the 9th night of the Karma-masa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the twelfth night of the month Punarvasu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the night on which Krishna was born

— The Purana Index

Plant or Plant Product

2 definitions

Sesbania aegyptiaca

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

barley planted at the commencement of the Dasha-hara and gathered at its close

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Victorious (Adjective)

2 definitions

victorious

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the feminine form of jayanta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Flag (as Jayantī)

1 definition

a flag

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Moon (as Jayanta)

1 definition

the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.