Jayavaha, Jaya-avaha, Jayavāha, Jayāvaha: 11 definitions
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Jayavaha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexJayavāha (जयवाह).—An Yakṣa; a son of Devayānī.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 128.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstraJayāvaha (जयावह) refers to a variety of maṇḍapa (halls attached to the temple), according to the Matsya-purāṇa (verses 270.1-30). The jayāvaha-maṇḍapa is to be built with 50 pillars (stambha). The Matsyapurāṇa is one of the eighteen major purāṇas dating from the 1st-millennium BCE.
Accordingly (verse 270.15-17), “These maṇḍapas (e.g., jayāvaha) should be either made triangular, circular, octagonal or with 16 sides or they are square. They promote kingdoms, victory, longevity, sons, wife and nourishment respecitvely. Temples of other shape than these are inauspicious.”
Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstraJayāvaha (जयावह) refers to a variety of prāsāda (‘superstructure’, or, upper storey of any building), according to the Mayamata (5th-century guidebook on Dravidian architecture). It is part of the Catuṣtala (four-storey) group of prāsādas.
The Jayāvaha variety has the following specifications and decorative motif components:
Number of talas (levels): 4;
Shape of grīva (neck) and śikhara (head): Octagonal (over a square vedi);
Number of śālas: 12;
Number of kūṭas: 12 (octagonal);
Number of pañjaras: 8;
Number of alpanāsis: As many as required;
Number of mahānāsis: 8;
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjayāvaha (जयावह).—a (S) Productive of victory or of success gen.; profitable, advantageous, beneficial. Ex. mātāpitarāñcēṃ ājñōllaṅghana kēlēṃ asatāṃ ja0 hōṇāra nāhīṃ. See Prov. xxx. 17. 2 Prognostic of victory or success; auspicious--an omen.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishjayāvaha (जयावह).—a Productive of victory or of success. Prognostic of victory or success; auspicions-an omen.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJayāvaha (जयावह).—a. conferring victory.
Jayāvaha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jaya and āvaha (आवह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJayavaha (जयवह).—mfn.
(-haḥ-hā-haṃ) 1. Conferring victory. 2. Victorious. E. jaya and vaha what bears.
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Jayāvaha (जयावह).—mfn.
(-haḥ-hā-haṃ) 1. Victorious. 2. Conferring victory. E. jaya and, āvaha what gives.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jayavaha (जयवह):—[=jaya-vaha] [from jaya] mfn. conferring victory, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) Jayāvaha (जयावह):—[from jaya] mfn. = ya-v, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 23, 13]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of pavilion, [Vāstuvidyā]
4) Jayāvahā (जयावहा):—[from jayāvaha > jaya] f. a kind of Croton, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jayavaha (जयवह):—[jaya-vaha] (haḥ-hā-haṃ) a. Conquering.
2) Jayāvaha (जयावह):—[jayā+vaha] (haḥ-hā-haṃ) a. Conquering.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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