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 Net ...

, 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 Pa ...

in Mahabharata; the core portion of the ''

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...

'' *

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 ...

. 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 ...

People

* Jaya (given name), list of people with this name, or names derived from it *

(born 1970), Filipina soul singer

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 chapte ...

Indonesia

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

Jayapura Jayapura (formerly Dutch: ''Hollandia'') is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of . The city borders the Pacific Ocean and Yos Sud ...

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

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* 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 evo ...

Science

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Aspidoparia jaya The jaya (''Aspidoparia jaya'') is a species of cyprinid fish native to India, Nepal and Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country i ...

'', a fish native to India and Bangladesh * Jaya (insect), a genus of antlions