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Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Samitiṃjaya (समितिंजय) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. II.13.57) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Samitiṃjaya) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samitiṃjaya (समितिंजय).—a. Victorious in battle; भवान् भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिंजयः (bhavān bhīṣmaśca karṇaśca kṛpaśca samitiṃjayaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.8.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samitiṃjaya (समितिंजय).—i. e. samiti + m-ji + a, adj. Conquering, i. e. eminent in, the assembly, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 71, 29, Seramp.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samitiṃjaya (समितिंजय).—[adjective] winning battles, [Epithet] of Yama & Viṣṇu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Samitiṃjaya (समितिंजय):—[=sam-iti-ṃ-jaya] [from sam-iti > sam-i] mfn. (tiṃ-) ‘victorious in battle’ or ‘eminent in an assembly’ (also Name of Yama and Viṣṇu), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [=sam-iti-ṃjaya] [from samitiṃ-jaya > sam-iti > sam-i] m. Name of a warrior, [Mahābhārata]

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Samitimjaya in German

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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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Partial matches: Mjaya, Samiti, Jaya.

Full-text: Sumatimjaya.

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Gitartha Samgraha (critical Study) (by Partha Sarathi Sil)

9. Variations in Ślokas < [Chapter 4 - Critical Study of the Gītārthasaṅgraha]

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List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)

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