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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vīji : (aor. of vījati) fanned.

context information

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viji (विजि).—1 Ā.

1) To conquer, defeat, overcome, subdue; व्यजेष्ट षड्वर्गम् (vyajeṣṭa ṣaḍvargam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.2; प्रायस्त्वन्मुखसेवया विजयते विश्वं स पुष्पायुधः (prāyastvanmukhasevayā vijayate viśvaṃ sa puṣpāyudhaḥ) Gītagovinda 1; Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.39;15.39.

2) To surpass, excel; चक्षुर्मेचकमम्बुजं विजयते (cakṣurmecakamambujaṃ vijayate) Vb.1.33.

3) To win, acquire by conquest; भुजविजितविमान (bhujavijitavimāna) R.12.14; विजितारिपुरः (vijitāripuraḥ) 1.59; Śānti.2.14.

4) To be victorious, be supreme or pre-eminent; विजयतां देवः (vijayatāṃ devaḥ) Ś.5; रहस्यं साधूना- मनुपधि विशुद्धं विजयते (rahasyaṃ sādhūnā- manupadhi viśuddhaṃ vijayate) Uttararāmacarita 2.2; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.4.

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

Viji (विजि).—(mostly [Middle]) the same; surpass, excel; also = [Simple] [absolutely] [Desiderative] (mostly [Middle]) wish to win or conquer, attack.

Viji is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and ji (जि).

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

Viji (विजि):—[=vi-√ji] [Ātmanepada] -jayate (rarely ti; cf. [Pāṇini 1-3, 19]),

—to conquer, win or acquire by conquest, [Brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to vanquish, defeat, subdue, overpower, master, control, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to be victorious or superior, [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] etc.;—(often in respectful salutation e.g. vi-jayasva rājan, ‘be victorious’ or ‘hail to thee, O king!’) to contend victoriously with ([instrumental case]), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa];

—to excel in ([instrumental case]), [Bālarāmāyaṇa];

—to be about to conquer, go to victory, [Manu-smṛti vii, 107]:—[Causal] (only [Aorist] vy-ajījayat; but cf. vi-jāpayitṛ)

—to conquer, [Mahābhārata] :

—[Desiderative] -jigīṣate (rarely ti), to strive for victory, wish to conquer or vanquish, attack, assail, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; etc.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Viji (विजि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vijaya.

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.

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Partial matches: Ji, Vi.

Starts with (+58): Vijia, Vijighamsu, Vijighatsa, Vijighrikshu, Vijigisha, Vijigishana, Vijigishavant, Vijigishavat, Vijigishavivarjita, Vijigishe, Vijigishin, Vijigishiya, Vijigishu, Vijigishuta, Vijigishute, Vijigishutva, Vijigishuvritta, Vijigishuvritti, Vijigita, Vijigrahayishu.

Ends with: Dviji, Muzaviji, Sastraviji, Tajaviji.

Full-text (+110): Vijaya, Vijetri, Abhivijinati, Vijayakalpa, Vijayaka, Vijigishiya, Vijayollasa, Vijayaditya, Vijayendraparabhava, Vijayardha, Vijayaparajitastotra, Vijayabhyupaya, Vijayarahasya, Vijitin, Vijayabhairava, Vijitvaratva, Vijayanka, Vijapayitri, Vijayati, Vijayarthin.

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Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)

Dharmakīrti’s Vādanyāya

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Triveni Journal

Reviews < [July – September, 1984]

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