Dear Barrie,

>Is salutations a good trananslation of the word Jai or is there a
>more accurate defenition? Is Jaya different than Jai? Any info on
>this would be much appreciated as we are thinking of using Jai as
>a possibility for a baby name! Thanks, Barrie

I do not know the exact translation of Jai, but Jai Ma means Hail the Divine
Mother (Ma means mother, but when we sing bhajans, we usually mean the
Divine Mother). As far as keeping Jai as a baby name goes, I have a friend
whose name is Jaiganesh, who is called Jai.

Jagadheep

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