# वैजयन्ती (vaijayantī)

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वैजयन्ती (vaijayantī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the banner of Indra, a banner or flag, the palace of Indra, a house, an epithet of Skanda, of a mountain. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Banner, Flag, or Ensign, Building or Architectural Feature, Proper Name: Geographical Location.

- **SLP1:** `vEjayantI`  **IAST:** vaijayantī  **Devanagari:** वैजयन्ती
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaijayanti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vaijayanti/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** वैजयंती (vaijayaṃtī), वैजयन्ति (vaijayanti)

## Meanings by context

### Banner, Flag, or Ensign (4 definitions)
- the banner of Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1021,1] वैजयन्त (vaijayanta) m. ( fr. वि - जयत् (vi-jayat), or ° यन्त (°yanta) ) the banner of Indra, MBh. [ ID=206750 ]
- a banner or flag  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a banner, flag, R. [ ID=206751 ]
- a flag or banner  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 1021,1] वैजयन्ती (vaijayantī) f. a flag, banner, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=206757 ]
- an ensign  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an ensign, W. [ ID=206758 ]

### Building or Architectural Feature (3 definitions)
- the palace of Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the palace of Indra, Buddh. [ ID=206752 ]
- a house  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a house, A. [ ID=206753 ]
- Name of a gate in Ayodhya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 1021,1] वैजयन्त (vaijayanta) n. N. of a gate in Ayodhyā, R. [ ID=206768 ]

### Proper Name: Geographical Location (3 definitions)
- of a mountain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a mountain, MBh.; Hariv. [ ID=206755 ]
- Relating to a town or a river.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a town or a river, AV.Pariś. [ ID=206767 ]
- resident of a forest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a town (= वन - वासी (vana-vāsī) ), R.; Inscr. [ ID=206769 ]

### Proper Name: Literary Work (3 definitions)
- Name of a lexicon by Yadavaprakasha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a lexicon by Yādavaprakāśa [ ID=206764 ]
- a commentator to the Dharmashastra of Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Comm. to Viṣṇu's Dharmaśāstra ( Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 304, 305 ) [ ID=206765 ]
- name of various other works  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of various other works. [ ID=206766 ]

### Symbolic Garland or Necklace (3 definitions)
- a kind of garland prognosticating victory  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of garland prognosticating victory, MBh.; Pur. [ ID=206759 ]
- the necklace of Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the necklace of Viṣṇu, MW. [ ID=206760 ]
- triumphal  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वैजयन्ती (vaijayantī) [Printed book page 702-1 ] *vaijayantī 1 (“triumphal”) adj., said of garlands: I, 2348 ( mālāṃ ); VII, 1274 ( mālā ); IX, 2667 ( mālā ). [ ID=11370 ]

### Plant Name (2 definitions)
- Premna Spinosa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Premna Spinosa, Suśr. [ ID=206762 ]
- Sesbania Aegyptiaca  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Sesbania Aegyptiaca, L. [ ID=206763 ]

### Proper Name: Deity or Divine Beings (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Skanda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Skanda, L. [ ID=206754 ]
- a class of deities according to Jainism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pl. (with Jainas) N. of a class of deities, L. [ ID=206756 ]

### Bells of Airāvata (1 definition)
- name of the bells of Airavata  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vaijayantī 2, dual ( °yau ), name of the bells of Airāvata. § 505 (Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14531 (given to Skanda by Indra). [ ID=11371 ]

### Specific Time Period (Night of a Month) (1 definition)
- the eighth night of the civil month  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the 8th night of the civil month, Sūryapr. [ ID=206761 ]

## Sources

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

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