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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

Jayadhvani (जयध्वनि) refers to:—The resounding glorification of our objects of worship–the personalities, places, temples and auspicious days. (cf. Glossary page from Arcana-dīpikā).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Jayadhvani (जयध्वनि) refers to “shouts of victory”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.50 (“Description of fun and frolic”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] The Gods, mobile and immobile creatures, rejoiced much. Shouts of victory (jayadhvani) rose up. Auspicious sounds of music were heard everywhere. The sound of the musical instruments was pleasing and increased the joy of everyone. Viṣṇu accompanied by me, all the gods and sages took leave of the mountain and returned to their abodes. [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jayadhvani (जयध्वनि).—m (S) Proclamation or the sound of victory. 2 fig. Any auspicious voice or sound.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

jayadhvani (जयध्वनि).—m Proclamation or the sound of victory. Any auspicious voice or sound.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Jayadhvani (जयध्वनि).—m.

(-niḥ) Shout of victory. E. jaya, and dhvani sound.

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

Jayadhvani (जयध्वनि):—[=jaya-dhvani] [from jaya] m. = -ghoṣa, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Jayadhvani (जयध्वनि):—[jaya-dhvani] (niḥ) 2. f. Shout of victory.

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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: Dhvani, Jaya.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Jayadhvani, Jaya-dhvani; (plurals include: Jayadhvanis, dhvanis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 6.10.24 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]

Verse 2.24.7 < [Chapter 24 - The Story of Asuri Muni in the Rāsa-dance Pastime]

Verses 6.19.6-10 < [Chapter 19 - In the First Fortress of Dvārakā, the Glories of Līlā-sarovara, etc.]

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.15.203 < [Chapter 15 - Marriage with Śrī Viṣṇupriyā]

Verse 2.28.177 < [Chapter 28 - The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyāsa]

Verse 1.2.132 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Appearance]

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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)

Text 21 < [Chapter 6 - Ṣaṣṭha-yāma-sādhana (Sāyaṃ-kālīya-bhajana–bhāva)]

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