Pāli Dictionary

vijaya1

viprefixjirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ji1conquer

Synonyms


general

  • victory; triumph; success

  • AN 8.49

    catūhi kho, visākhe, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo idhalokavijayāya paṭipanno hoti, ayaṃsa loko āraddho hoti. katamehi catūhi?

  • MN 56

    dhīrassa vigatamohassa, pabhinnakhīlassa vijitavijayassa, anīghassa susamacittassa, vuddhasīlassa sādhupaññassa, vesamantarassa vimalassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi

vijaya2

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • Vijaya, name of an Arahant monk (Theragāthā verse 92)

vijayā

approximate

viprefixjirootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

ji1conquer


general

  • Vijayā, name of an arahant bhikkhunī (author of verses in the Therīgāthā)

  • Thig 6.8

    itthaṃ sudaṃ vijayā therī gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

vijayati

viprefixjirootasuffix

via inflected form vijaya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

ji1conquer


general

  • conquers; masters; triumphs over

vijāyati

approximate

viprefixjanroot

via inflected form vijāya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

jan3be born; produce

Synonyms


general

  • is born

  • MN 38

    tam'enaṃ, bhikkhave, mātā nava vā dasa vā māse gabbhaṃ kucchinā pariharati mahatā saṃsayena garubhāraṃ. tam'enaṃ, bhikkhave, mātā navannaṃ vā dasannaṃ vā māsānaṃ accayena vijāyati mahatā saṃsayena garubhāraṃ.

  • gives birth (to); brings forth

  • MN 38

    tam'enaṃ, bhikkhave, mātā navannaṃ vā dasannaṃ vā māsānaṃ accayena vijāyati mahatā saṃsayena garubhāraṃ. tam'enaṃ jātaṃ samānaṃ sakena lohitena poseti.

  • MN 56

    āgamehi tāva, bhoti, yāva vijāyati. sace tvaṃ, bhoti, kumārakaṃ vijāyissasi, tassā te ahaṃ āpaṇā makkaṭacchāpakaṃ kiṇitvā ānessāmi, yo te kumārakassa kīḷāpanako bhavissati.

  • becomes pregnant; conceives

  • SN 37.3

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mātugāmo vijāyati. idaṃ, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa catutthaṃ āveṇikaṃ dukkhaṃ, yaṃ mātugāmo paccanubhoti, aññatr'eva purisehi.

Encyclopedia

8 entries

Vijaya
Person
  • The first Aryan king of Sri Lanka, an exiled prince of Lāla who landed on the island, allied with the yakkhiṇī Kuveṇī to defeat its yakkha inhabitants, and founded the city of Tambapaṇṇī.

Vijaya2
Other
  • See Vijayakumāra.

Vijaya3
Person
  • A minister of King Aṅgati of Videha, identified with Sāriputta; see the Mahānāradakassapa Jātaka.

Vijaya4
Person
  • A king of Bārāṇasī descended from Mahāsammata, father of Vijitasena.

Vijaya5
Person
  • A householder mentioned as an exemplary lay follower.

Vijaya6
Person
  • A monk born in Sāvatthi and learned in brahmanical lore who lived as a forest ascetic before joining the Buddha’s Order and attaining Arahantship.

Thag 1.92
Vijaya7
Person
  • Mentioned together with Jātimitta as a patron of the future Metteyya Buddha.

Vijayā
Personapproximate
  • A friend of Khemā from a Rājagaha household who, following her into the Order after Khemā’s own renunciation, attained Arahantship soon after; she may be the same Vijayā whom Māra once tried in vain to tempt.

Thig 6.8SN 5.4

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