Jayapati, Jāyāpati, Jaya-pati: 9 definitions
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Jayapati means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Jayapati (जयपति) (in Chinese: Chö-ye-po-t'i) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Puṣya or Puṣyanakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Puṣya] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Jayapati] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryjāyāpati : (m.) wife and husband.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryJāyāpatī refers to: (pl.) husband & wife PvA. 159; Dāvs. V, 2. (Page 283)
Note: jāyāpatī is a Pali compound consisting of the words jāyā and patī.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjāyāpatī (जायापती).—m S Husband and wife.
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 dictionaryJāyāpatī (जायापती).—(dual) husband and wife. (The other forms of the comp. are dampatī and jampatī q. v.)
Jāyāpatī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jāyā and patī (पती).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJāyāpatī (जायापती).—m. du. (-tī) Husband and wife. E. jāyā a wife, and pati husband.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJāyāpatī (जायापती):—[=jāyā-patī] [from jāyā > jāyamāna] m. [dual number] ([gana] rājadantādi) wife and husband, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iv, 6, 7, 9; Kapiṣṭhala-saṃhitā iv, 3; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Divyāvadāna xviii, 583.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJāyāpatī (जायापती):—[jāyā-patī] (tī) 2. m. dual. Husband and wife, male and female.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryJāyāpati (जायापति):—n. husband and wife; couple;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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