cl.1.j/ayati-, te- (imperfect tense/ajayat-; Aoristajaiṣīt-,Ved. /ajais-,1. plural/ajaiṣma-, j/eṣma-,2. sg.jes-and A1.j/eṣi-subjunctivej/eṣat-, ṣas-, ṣāma-; AoristA1.ajeṣṭa-; future 1st. j/etā- etc.; futurejeṣy/ati-, ; perfect tensejig/āya-[ ], jigetha-, jigyur-; parasmE-padajigīv/as-[ giv/as-; accusativepluralgy/uṣas-] etc.; infinitive moodjiṣ/e-, ; j/etave-; Classicaljetum-: Passive voicejīyate-, ajīyata-[ ], ajāyi-, jāyiṣyate-;for j/īyate-and cl.9.jin/āti-Seejyā-) to win or acquire (by conquest or in gambling), conquer (in battle), vanquish (in a game or lawsuit), defeat, excel, surpass etc. (with p/unar-,"to reconquer" ) ; to conquer (the passions), overcome or remove (any desire or difficulties or diseases) etc. ; to expel from (ablative) ; to win anything (accusative) from (accusative), vanquish anyone (accusative) in a game (accusative) ; to be victorious, gain the upper hand ; often proper in the sense of an imperative "long live!""glory to" etc.: Causaljāpayati- () to cause to win ; (Aorist 2. pl, /ajījipata-and /ajījap-) ; to conquer (Aoristajījayat-): Passive voicejāpyate-, to be made to conquer : Desiderativej/igīṣati-, te- (; parasmE-padaṣat-, ṣamāṇa-) to wish to win or obtain or conquer or excel etc. ; (A1.) to seek for prey : Intensivejejīyate-
जि 1 P. (Ātm. when preceded, by परा and वि) (जयति, जिगाय, जिग्ये, अजैषीत्-अजेष्ट, जेतुम्, जित) 1 To conquer, defeat, overcome, vanquish, subjugate; जयति तुलामधिरूढो भास्वानपि जलदपटलानि Pt.1.33; Bk.15.76, 19.2. -2 To surpass, excel; गर्जितानन्तरां वृष्टिं सौभाग्येन जिगाय सा Ku.2.53; R.3.34; Ghaṭ.22; Śi.1.19. -3 To win (by conquest; in gambling or in a law-suit), acquire by conquest, प्रागजीयत घृणा ततो मही R.11.65; (where जि means 'to conquer' also); Ms.7.96. -4 To curb, restrain, control, conquer (as passions). -5 To be victorious, be supreme or pre-eminent (generally used in benedictory stanzas or salutations); जयतु जयतु महाराजः (in dramas); स जयति परिणद्धः शक्तिभिः शक्तिनाथः Māl.5.1; जितमुडुपतिना नमः सुरेभ्यः Ratn.1.5; Bh.2.24; Gīt.1.1. -6 To convict. -7 To overcome or get the better of (as a disease &c.). -8 To expect from (with abl.). -Caus. (जापयति) To cause to win or conquer. -Desid. (जिगीषति) To wish to win, acquire or excel, to vie with, emulate, to seek for; चलति नयान्न जिगीषतां हि चेतः Ki.1.29. With अधि to conquer, defeat, vanquish; Bk.19.2.
ji conquer, I. jáyati; ft. jeṣyá̄mi, x. 34, 6; ps. jīyate, iii. 59, 2 [when accented this form appears in the RV. as jí̄yate, i. e. it is then pr. Ā. of jyā overpower]. ví- conquer, ii. 12, 9. sám- win, iv. 50, 9.
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to conquer (in a battle) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to defeat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to exercise
to gain the upper hand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to overcome or remove (any desire or difficulties or diseases) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to surpass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to win or aquire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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