Vijaya

In the epics

Vijaya appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a minister: One of the eight illustrious advisers of Dasharatha.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Victory, triumphant, successful; Victory, success, triumphant; Victory, triumph, success”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Yashvi — Meanings families give: Famous, successful; Famous, successful, glorious; Famous, fortunate; Famous, glorious, brilliant
• Radhika — Meanings families give: Successful, prosperity, Radha; Goddess Radha, successful, prosperous; Beloved of Krishna; successful, prosperous; Beloved of Krishna, prosperity
• Yashaswini — Famous, glorious, successful woman
• Fatehjit — Victorious in triumph, doubly successful
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Radha — Meanings families give: Beloved of Krishna, success; Devotee of Lord Krishna, prosperity

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Dhanya — fortunate, happy, auspicious
• Jyotsna — Meanings families give: Moonlight, the goddess of moonlight; Moonlight, bright night; Moonlight, glowing, luminous
• Suparna — a beautiful leaf
• Indu — Ved. a drop (especially of Soma)
• Girija — Meanings families give: Daughter of the mountain, Goddess Parvati; Goddess Parvati, born of mountain; Daughter of the mountain, Parvati
• Durga — Meanings families give: Invincible goddess, beyond reach; Goddess of strength, invincible; Goddess who is difficult to approach, invincible

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
• Tara — n. a star
• Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.

Where this comes from

Vijaya has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.