Janamejay as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Janamejay

What is the meaning of the name Janamejay ?

The baby name Janamejay is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒə.nəˈmeɪ.dʒeɪ/ (juh-nuh-MAY-jay).

Janamejay is Sanskrit in Origin.

Janamejay is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, best known from the Mahabharata. It stems from jana “people, community” and jaya “victory,” and is commonly interpreted as “victorious among the people” or “conqueror of men.” The classical Sanskrit form is Janamejaya (जनमेजय); the final -a is frequently dropped in modern Indo-Aryan usage, yielding Janamejay. Related spellings include Janmejay and Janmejaya, reflecting regional phonetics and transliteration.

In epic and Puranic tradition, Janamejaya is the Kuru king, son of Parikshit, who convenes the famed snake sacrifice (Sarpa Satra) to avenge his father’s death by Takshaka. At his court, the sage Vaiśampāyana recites the Mahabharata, placing the name at the epic’s narrative frame. The name has appeared intermittently across North India and sees occasional modern revival among Hindu families drawn to Vedic-era royal names and Sanskritic meanings.

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