Jaya may refer to:

Media

*''Jaya'', self titled albums by

Jaya (singer) Maria Luisa Ramsey-Gotidoc (born March 21, 1970), known professionally by the Mononymous person, mononym Jaya (), is a Filipinos, Filipina soul music, soul singer, rapping, rapper, record producer, actress, dancer and presenter of mixed Jamaica ...

, 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 epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuruk ...

'' * Jaya-Vijaya, 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 go ...

People

* Jaya (given name), 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 chapte ...

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 Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, 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 Sudarso ...

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 list of islands by highest point, highest mountain peak of an island on Earth. Th ...

, 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 Putrajaya (), officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya ( ms, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya), is a planned capital city which functions as the administrative capital and the judicial capital of Malaysia. The seat of the federal government ...

* Seberang Jaya

Science

*''

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) ''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