Vijitavin, Vijitāvin: 2 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVijitāvin, (adj.) (vijita+āvin; see Geiger, P. Gr. 1983) victorious D. I, 88 (caturanta+); II, 146; S. III, 83; Sn. 552, 646; DA. I, 249; DhA. IV, 232; SnA 162. (Page 617)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVijitāvin (विजिताविन्).—adj., (1) (= Pali id.; § 22.51), victorious, epithet of a king, usually cakravartin, and mostly in the cliché found also in Pali, e.g. Dīghanikāya (Pali) i.88.33—34 cakkavatti dham- miko…cāturanto vijitāvī…: this, with some variants, occurs in Mahāvastu, cakravartī cāturdvīpo vijitāvī…dhār- miko…i.49.2; 52.8; 193.15 etc. (see cāturdvīpa); ii.158.14; iii.102.15; 377.19; in verses, less like the cliché, i.268.11; iii.8.18; for the Lalitavistara form see vijitavant and [Page485-b+ 71] caturaṅga; (2) name of a king of Mithilā, former incarnation of Śākyamuni: Mahāvastu iii.41.15 ff.; colophon, Vijitāvisya Vaideharājño jātakaṃ 47.9; (3) name of a former Buddha: Mahāvastu iii.231.2; (4) name of a prince, son of Jayaprabha: Gaṇḍavyūha 353.6.
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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