As a deity name
Name 284 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 121 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
विजया · noun · feminine
पुराणानुसार पार्वती की एक सखी का नाम, जो गौतम की कन्या थी · दुर्गा · यम की भार्या का नाम — Śabdasāgara
विजया · noun · feminine
आश्विन मास के शुक्ल पक्ष की एकादशी · फाल्गुन मास के कृष्ण पक्ष की एकादशी — Śabdasāgara
विजया · vi-jayā · s.f.
Hemp, &c. (i.q. bijayā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1182
Cited formation "विजया" is वि- + जया: जया means "epithet of goddess Durga and Parvati.", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "विजया" is विजय + -आ: विजय means "victory, success", 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 "विजया" is विजय + -आ: विजय means "victory, success", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: various plants (accord to, Terminalia Chebula; Sesbania Aegyptiaca; Vitex Negundo; Rubia Munjista; Premna Spinosa; a kind of hemp; a kind of śamī; = va
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vijayā" is the feminine form of "vijaya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "vijayā" is the instrumental of "vijāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
vi-jayā (ā), f. N. of various plants (accord to, L. Terminalia Chebula; Sesbania Aegyptiaca; Vitex Negundo; Rubia Munjista; Premna Spinosa; a kind of hemp; a kind of śamī; = vacā), VarBṛS.; Suśr. &c.
of a partic. Tithi or lunar day (the 12th day in the light half of Śrāvaṇa i.e. Kṛṣṇa's birthday, the 10th in that of Āśvina, being a festival in honour of Durgā, and the 7th in that of Bhādrapada, if it falls on a Sunday; also the 7th night in the Karma-māsa), VarBṛS.; BhP. &c.
of a partic. magical formula, Bhaṭṭ.
N. of Durgā, MBh.; Hariv.
of a female friend of Durgā, Mudr.
vi-jaya m. contest for victory, victory, conquest, triumph, superiority, RV. &c. &c. (fig. applied to ‘the sword’ and to ‘punishment’, MBh. xii, 6204; 4428)
the prize of victory, booty, KātyŚr.
vi—jāman mfn. related, corresponding.
vi-˚jāman mfn. related i.e. corresponding to each other, symmetrical, RV.; AV.; ŚBr..
Alternative readings
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