English Explanatory Dictionary

Jaya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
  2. One of the demigod gatekeepers (the other being Vijaya) of the abode of Vishnu.
  3. The twenty-seventh year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Word forms

Jaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).

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