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vejayanto

vejayanta

masc nom 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 — prefix · apart, asunder
  Variant of vi-, marking the verbal action as happening in different directions or with intensity. Sharpens the sense of overcoming.
• jay — root · conquer, win, shake
  From √jay, cognate with Sanskrit jaya- (victory). The concrete image is throwing or casting forth, hence overcoming or putting to flight.
• anta — ending · agent, thing
  Nominalization suffix (-anta/-anta-) that converts the verbal root into a noun denoting the one who conquers or the thing that conquers/shakes. Common in Pali for creating agent nouns and abstract nouns from verb roots.

Analysis. ve-jayanta: from vi + √jay, 'shaking/conquering apart'; the nominalization -anta turns the verbal idea into a noun denoting the agent or thing that shakes/conquers.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + jayati (conquers, wins). jayati is from √jay, cognate with Sanskrit jaya- (victory) and Latin iacio (throw, cast) — the root imagery is 'throws apart' or 'overcomes'. The prefix vi- here intensifies or clarifies the sense of overcoming or shaking completely.

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

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