Jaya may refer to:

Media

*''Jaya'', self titled albums by

Jaya (singer) Maria Luisa Ramsey-Gotidoc (born March 21, 1970), known professionally by the mononym Jaya (), is a Filipina soul singer, rapper, record producer, actress, dancer and presenter of mixed Jamaican and Visayan descent. She was a talent of GMA ...

, released in 1989, 1996 and 2001 * ''Jaya'' (film), a 2002 Indian Tamil film

Mythology

*''Jaya'', a name of

Karna Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: ''Karṇa''), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic '' Mahābhārata''. He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the ...

in Mahabharata; the core portion of the ''

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the s ...

'' *

Jaya-Vijaya In Hinduism, Jaya and Vijaya are the two '' dvarapalakas'' (gatekeepers) of the abode of Vishnu, known as Vaikuntha (meaning ''place of eternal bliss''). Due to a curse by the four Kumaras, they were forced to undergo multiple births as mortals ...

, the door-keepers of Vaikuntha, the realm of the god Vishnu in Hindu mythology *''Jaya'', Sanskrit masculine word meaning victorious, epithet of

Brahma Brahma ( sa, ब्रह्मा, Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu, and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 21 ...

. The feminine version is Jayaa, epithet of

Saraswati Saraswati ( sa, सरस्वती, ) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. She is one of the Tridevi, along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a g ...

People

Jaya (given name) Jaya is a feminine given name. It is also found in compound names of both male and female people. Notable people with this name *Jaya (singer) (born 1971), Filipina pop singer *Jaya Bachchan (born 1948), Indian actress *Jaya Guhanathan, Indian act ...

, list of people with this name, or names derived from it

Places

Fictional places

*Jaya, an island in Oda Eiichiro's manga and anime series ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual cha ...

Indonesia

Bintaro Jaya Bintaro Jaya is a planned township located in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia. It is developed by PT Jaya Real Property Tbk (formerly PT Bintaro Jaya). The development of the township began within South Jakarta in 1979 and is expanded further to Sout ...

, a real-estate in the outskirts of Jakarta * Jakarta, comes from the name: ''Jayakarta'' which means "victorious city". * Jayapura *

Puncak Jaya Puncak Jaya (; literally "Glorious Peak") or Carstensz Pyramid, Mount Jayawijaya or Mount Carstensz () on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of , is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth. The mountain is located in the Sudi ...

, the country's highest mountain

Malaysia

Petaling Jaya ) , website = , image_skyline = , image_caption = ''From top, left to right:Skyline of Petaling Jaya, the 1 Utama Mall integrated with Bandar Utama Station, the Kota Darul Ehsan arch, the Petaling J ...

* Putrajaya *

Seberang Jaya Seberang Jaya ( Jawi: سبرڠ جاي) is a suburb in the city of Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia. Located at the southern bank of the Perai River and east of Perai proper, the area was developed in the 1970s. Since then, Seberang Jaya has evolved ...

Science

*'' Aspidoparia jaya'', a fish native to India and Bangladesh *

Jaya (insect) ''Jaya'' is a genus of antlions (Myrmeleontidae) with 5 species occurring in Africa and Eurasia. Species * ''Jaya atrata'' (Fabricius, 1781) * ''Jaya waterloti'' (Navás, 1914) * ''Jaya dasymalla'' (Gerstaecker, 1863) * ''Jaya rogeri'' Navás ...

, a genus of antlions