Jitavati, Jitavatī: 4 definitions
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Jitavati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaJitavatī (जितवती).—A daughter of King Uśīnara. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the friend of the wife of a Vasu named Dyau. It was because of the words of this Jitavatī that the Aṣṭavasus (the eight Vasus) stole the cow Nandinī of Vasiṣṭha, and by the curse of Vasiṣṭha had to take birth in the womb of women on earth. (See under Gaṅgā, Para 7).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJitavatī (जितवती):—[=jita-vatī] [from jita > ji] f. ‘Victrix’, Name of a daughter of Uśīnara, [Mahābhārata i, 3940.]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XCIX < [Sambhava Parva]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)