# जयत्सेन (jayatsena)

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जयत्सेन (jayatsena) is a Sanskrit word meaning having victorious armies, name of a son of Sarvabhauma or Nadina, a name assumed by a Pandu prince at Virata's court, an epithet of one of the mothers attending on Skanda, a king of Magadha and son of Jarasandha, son of Sarvabhauma and Sunanda. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Son of Sārvabhauma, Assumed name of a Pāṇḍava prince, King of Magadha, son of Jarāsandha.

- **SLP1:** `jayatsena`  **IAST:** jayatsena  **Devanagari:** जयत्सेन
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayatsena
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jayatsena/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** जयत्सेना (jayatsenā)

## Meanings by context

### Son of Sārvabhauma (3 definitions)
- Name of a son of Sarvabhauma or Nadina.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son (of Sārvabhauma, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 3769; of Nadīna, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1516; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) iv, 9, 8; Vāyu-purāṇa (Title) ) [ ID=77529 ]
- son of Sarvabhauma and Sunanda  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Jayatsena 2, son of Sarvabhauma and Sunandā Kaikeyī. § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3769, ††3770 (married to Suśravā Vaidarbhī and father of Avacīna). [ ID=4892 ]
- a son of Sarvabhauma and father of Aradhita  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jayatsena (II) — a son of Sārvabhauma 1 and father of Ārādhita. 2 Page1-634+ 29 [ Footnote: 1) M. 50. 36; Vā. 99. 231.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 20. 4.] [ ID=5029 ]

### Assumed name of a Pāṇḍava prince (2 definitions)
- a name assumed by a Pandu prince at Virata's court  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a N. assumed by a Pāṇḍu prince at Virāṭa's court, Mahābhārata (Title) iv, 176 [ ID=77530 ]
- an occult name given by Yudhishthira to the Pandavas  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Jayatsena 3, one of the occult names which Yudhiṣṭhira gave to the Pāṇḍavas. § 549 (Pāṇḍavapr.): IV, 5, 176.— § 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 23 α, 804. [ ID=4893 ]

### King of Magadha, son of Jarāsandha (2 definitions)
- having victorious armies  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 413,2] जयत् (jayat) — सेन (—sena) m. ( ° य - स् ° (°ya-s°) ), ‘having victorious armies’, N. of a Magadha king, Mahābhārata (Title) i, v, ix; Harivaṃśa (Title) 6725 [ ID=77528 ]
- A king of Magadha and son of Jarasandha  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > जयत्सेन (jayatsena) [Printed book page 363-2 ] Jayatsena 1, a Māgadha king, the son of Jarāsandha. § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2684 (incarnation of the eldest of the Kālakeyas).—§ 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6988 ( Sahadeva- J°au, present at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).—§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44, 1538 ( Māgadhaṃ ).—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4 γ, 71, 82.—§ 555 (do.): V, 19 γ, 577 ( Māgadhaḥ…Jārāsandhiḥ (C. Ja° ), came with one akṣauhiṇī of troops to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 50 η, 2014 ( Jārāsandhiḥ Sahadevo J°aś ca tāv ubhau, had sided with Yudhiṣṭhira); 66 εε, 2503 ( pārthivaṃ, the same?, among the allies of Duryodhana).—§ 573 (Ambo- pākhyānap.): V, 196 ν, 7637 (in the army of Yudhiṣṭhira). —§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 16 α, 623 ( pārthivaḥ, the same?, with one akṣauhiṇī of troops in the army of Duryodhana).—§ 587 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 108 α, 5007 ( Māgadhaḥ, in the army of Duryodhana); 114, 5319 (fought with Bhīmasena).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 25, 1109 (fought with a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra).—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5 ζ, 120 ( Jārāsandhiḥ…Māgadhaḥ, had been slain by Abhimanyu).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 73, 3657 ( Māgadhānām adhipatiḥ, had seven days before been slain by Abhimanyu).— § 610 (Śalyap.): IX, 6 ξ, 294 (the same?).—§ 619 (Strīvi- lāpap.): XI, 25 κ, 712 ( Māgadhānām adhipatiṃ, had been slain).—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 5 λ, 149. Cf. Jārāsandhi, Māgadha. [ ID=4891 ]

### Jayatsenā (feminine), attendant of Skanda (1 definition)
- an epithet of one of the mothers attending on Skanda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 413,2] जयत् (jayat) — सेना (—senā) f. N. of one of the mothers attending on Skanda, ix, 2624. [ ID=77531 ]

### Son of Ahina (1 definition)
- the son of Ahina and father of Samkriti  
  *The Purana Index*
  > जयत्सेन (jayatsena) [Printed book page 1-633 ] Jayatsena (I) — the son of Ahina, father of Samkṛti. Br. III. 68. 10. [ ID=5028 ]

### Son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (1 definition)
- a son of Dhritarashtra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Jayatsena 4, a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. § 583 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 79 13, 3487 ( sutaṃ tava, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's), 3491, 3492 (fought with Śrutakīrti and Śatānīka).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 116, 5400 ( tanayas tava, rescued Paurava).—§ 611 (Śalyap.): IX, 26 ρ, 1405 (among eleven sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra who attacked Bhīmasena), 1411 (slain by Bhīmasena). Cf. Kaurava. [ ID=4894 ]

### Son of Nadīna/Adīna (1 definition)
- a son of Adina and father of Samkriti  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-634 ] Jayatsena (III) — a son of Adīna and father of Samkṛti. Vā. 93. 10; Vi. IV. 9. 27. [ ID=5030 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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