cl. 1. jáyati, °te (impf. ájayat; aor. ajaiṣīt, Ved. ájais, 1. pl. ájaiṣma, jéṣma, 2. sg. jes and Ā. jéṣi Subj. jéṣat, °ṣas, °ṣāma, [RV.]; aor. Ā. ajeṣṭa; fut. 1st. jétā, [RV.] &c.; fut. 2nd. jeṣyáti, [x, 34, 6] &c.; pf. jigā́ya [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57]], jigetha, jigyur; p. jigīvás [°givás, [TS. i, 7, 8, 4]; acc. pl. °gyúṣas] [RV.] &c.; Inf. jiṣé, [i, 111, 4] and [112, 12]; jétave, [TBr. ii]; Class. jetum: Pass. jīyate, ajīyata [[Ragh. xi, 65]], ajāyi, jāyiṣyate; for jī́yate and cl. 9. jinā́ti See √ jyā) to win or acquire (by conquest or in gambling), conquer (in battle), vanquish (in a game or lawsuit), defeat, excel, surpass, [RV.] &c. (with púnar, ‘to reconquer’, [TS. vi, 3, 1, 1]); to conquer (the passions), overcome or remove (any desire or difficulties or diseases), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to expel from (abl.), [ŚBr. iii, 6, 1, 17]; to win anything (acc.) from (acc.), vanquish anyone (acc.) in a game (acc.), [ŚBr. iii, 6, 1, 28]; [xiv, 6, 8, 1] and [12]; [MBh. iii]; [Daś.]; [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51]; [Siddh.]; to be victorious, gain the upper hand, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. iii]; [MuṇḍUp.]; [Mn. vii, 201]; [MBh.]; often pr. in the sense of an Impv. ‘long live!’ ‘glory to’, [Śak.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Laghuj.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.: Caus. jāpayati ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 48] and [vii, 3, 36]) to cause to win, [VS. ix, 11 f.]; (aor. 2. pl. ájījipata and ájījap°), [TS. i, 7, 8, 4] and [ŚBr. v, 1, 5, 11 f.]; [ĀśvŚr. ix, 9]; to conquer, [MBh. vii, 66, 6] (aor. ajījayat) : Pass. jāpyate, to be made to conquer, [W.] : Desid. jígīṣati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57]; p. °ṣat, °ṣamāṇa) to wish to win or obtain or conquer or excel, [AV. xi, 5, 18]; [TS. ii]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; (Ā.) to seek for prey, [RV. x, 4, 3] : Intens. jejīyate, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57], [Kāś.]
mfn. conquering, [L.]
m. a Piśāca, [L.]