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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaijayantika (वैजयन्तिक).—A standard-bearer.

Derivable forms: vaijayantikaḥ (वैजयन्तिकः).

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Vaijayantikā (वैजयन्तिका).—

1) A banner, flag (fig. also); संचारिणीव देवस्य मकरकेतोर्जगद्वीजवैजयन्तिका काप्यागतवती (saṃcāriṇīva devasya makaraketorjagadvījavaijayantikā kāpyāgatavatī) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.

2) A kind oल (la)f necklace of pearls.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vaijayantīka (वैजयन्तीक).—ifc. [bahuvrīhi], in sa-°kā(ḥ), provided with banners: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 338.9 (prose).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaijayantika (वैजयन्तिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A flag-bearer. f.

(-kā) 1. A plant, (Sesbana Ægyptiaca.) 2. A flag, a banner. 3. A kind of necklace. E. vaijayantī a flag, with ṭhak aff or kan pleonasm, fem. form.

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

Vaijayantika (वैजयन्तिक).—I. i. e. vaijayanta + ika, adj. Bearing a flag, a flagbearer. Ii. f. kā, i. e. vaijayantī + ka, f. 1. A flag, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 13, 19. 2. A string of pearls, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 12, 17 ([Prakrit]; cf. Sch.).

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

Vaijayantikā (वैजयन्तिका).—[feminine] flag, banner; a kind of necklace.

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

1) Vaijayantika (वैजयन्तिक):—[from vaijayanta] mf(ā or ī)n. bearing a flag, a flag-bearer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Vaijayantikā (वैजयन्तिका):—[from vaijayantika > vaijayanta] f. a flag, banner, [Mālatīmādhava]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of pearl necklace (in Prākṛt), [Vikramorvaśī]

4) [v.s. ...] Sesbania Aegyptiaca, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Premna Spinosa, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Vaijayantika (वैजयन्तिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A flag-bearer. 1. f. A flag; name of a tree.

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context information

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 Dictionary

1) Vaijayantika (वैजयन्तिक):—n. standard-bearer;

2) Vaijayantikā (वैजयन्तिका):—n. 1. flag; 2. the tree of Jayanti; 3. the tree of Bajradanti; 4. a kind of necklace of pearls;

context information

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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