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12/8/2017, 12:41 PM Mike C update #97
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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Scripts विजय, विजया (Sanskrit), విజయ (Telugu), ವಿಜಯ (Kannada), விஜய, விஜயா (Tamil), വിജയ (Malayalam), विजया (Marathi, Hindi)

Meaning & History

Means "victory" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form विजय and the feminine form विजया, both of which are used frequently in Hindu texts. It is the name of a grandson of Indra, a son of Krishna and it is another name of the goddess Durga. This was also the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century BC king of Sri Lanka.