"Jaya" (in Sanskrit), or "Jai" (in modern Indian languages -- local
variants include "Joi" and "Jey") originally meant <victory>.

Parvati Devi is often shown with two girlfriends named Jaya and Vijaya --
meaning The Victorious, and The Conquering.

Lord Indra's eldest son is named Jayanti, meaning Victor.

But when used in prayer, "Jaya" usually has the same connotation as
English "Hail."

-- Kalipadma


On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:52:38 "jagadheep D" <jagadheep@...>
writes:
> 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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