As a deity name
Name 281 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 333 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 120 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 617 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
जया · noun · feminine
दुर्गा का एक नाम · पार्वती क ा एक नाम · हरी दूब — Śabdasāgara
जया · adj
जय दिलानेवाली । विजय करानेवाली — Śabdasāgara
जया · jayā · s.m.
(Old H.) = jay, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 412
जया · feminine
a female given name, Jaya, from Sanskrit
जया · feminine
epithet of goddess Durga and Parvati.; victorious, triumphant
Cited formation "जया" is जय + -आ: जय means "victory, triumph", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जया" is जयना + -आ: जयना means "अ॰ [सं॰ जयन] जीतना", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "जया" is जय + -आ: जय means "victory, triumph", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From जय (jaya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Sesbania aegyptiaca
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jayā" is the instrumental of "jā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jayā" is the feminine form of "jaya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "jayā" is the instrumental of "jeman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jayā" is the instrumental of "ja" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jayā (ā), f. Sesbania aegyptiaca, L.
Premna spinosa or longifolia, L.
Terminalia Chebula, L.
nīla-dūrvā, L.
for japā, Kathās. lxvii, 32
jā f. a race, tribe, AV. v, 11, 10
ifc. a daughter, MBh. &c.
jaya mfn. (√ ji) ifc. conquering, winning See ṛtaṃ-, kṛtaṃ-, dhanaṃ-jaya, puraṃ-, śatruṃ-
jaya m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 56, Kāś.) conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit), AV. vii, 50, 8; ŚBr. vi; Mn. vii (indriyāṇāṃj˚ victory over or restraint of the senses) & x; MBh. &c.
1. jeman mfn. victorious, RV. x, 106.
2. jeman m. victoriousness, VS. xviii, 4; TS. i, 6, 2, 4; vii, 4, 3, 2; TāṇḍyaBr. xiii, 12, 8; xv, 5, 30.
1. ja the 3rd palatal letter (having the sound of j in jump).
2. ja mf(ā)n. (√ jan) ifc. born or descended from, produced or caused by, born or produced in or at or upon, growing in, living at, Mn.; MBh. &c.
Alternative readings
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