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vejayantassa

vejayanta

masc dat sg of vejayanta (noun); masc gen sg of vejayanta (noun)

1. Sakka's Palace; lit. conquering or shaking
2. name of a king Mahāsudassana's chariot; lit. conquering or shaking

Built from

• ve/vi — prefix · truly/apart
  Either an emphatic particle ve 'truly', or the prefix vi- 'apart, asunder', lending intensity and distinctness to the compound.
• jayanta — stem · conquering
  Derived from √jay 'to conquer'; jayanta = 'one who conquers', a present participle used as a descriptive epithet (nominalized adjective).

Analysis. ve + jayanta: ve (emphatic particle, 'truly') + jayanta (conquering, victorious), or alternatively vi + jayanta with vi- (apart, asunder) meaning the palace that stands forth/is seen distinctly.

Etymology. From √jay 'to conquer, overcome' (Sanskrit jaya-, cognate with English 'joke' via IE *ieug- 'to join, harness, yoke', and Latin iugum 'yoke'; the conqueror 'yokes' or subdues). The particle ve or prefix vi- intensifies or clarifies. The name suggests a structure named for its dominance or visibility.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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