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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Garland in Hindu mythology}}<br />
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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Hindu<br />
| image = Brooklyn Museum - Vishnu on Garuda.jpg<br />
| caption = Vishnu wears the garland, seated upon Garuda<br />
| venerated_in = [[Vaishnavism]]<br />
| texts = [[Vishnu Purana]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Vaijayanti''' ({{Lang-sa|वैजयन्ति|lit=garland of victory|translit=Vaijayantī}})<ref name="Hudson2008">{{cite book|author=D Dennis Hudson|title=The Body of God Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMCxbOezDi4C&pg=PA168|date=27 August 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-970902-1|pages=168–}}</ref> is a mythological garland or elemental necklace, primarily associated with [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2016-04-25 |title=Vaijayanti, Vaijayantī, Vaijayamti: 19 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vaijayanti |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> Employed in its worship as a [[garland]], this object is also called the '''Vaijayantimala''', or the '''Vanamala'''.<ref name="Prasoon">{{cite book|author=Prof. Shrikant Prasoon|title=Hinduism Clarified and Simplified|date=17 February 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpiaOv52wp0C&pg=PA235|publisher=V&S Publishers|isbn=978-93-81384-72-5|pages=235–}}</ref><ref name="Rūpagosvāmī2003">{{cite book|author=Rūpagosvāmī|title=The Bhaktirasāmṛtasindhu of Rūpa Gosvāmin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DsRb6gjUa1oC&pg=PA575|year=2003|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1861-3|pages=575–}}</ref><br />
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In [[Sri Vaishnavism|Sri Vaishnava]] tradition, the poet-saint [[Thondaradippodi Alvar]] is regarded to be a manifestation of the Vanamala.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrk0AwAAQBAJ&dq=vanamala+alvar&pg=PT160 |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |date=2014-04-18 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-277-9 |pages=160 |language=en}}</ref><br />
[[File:Guimet Vasudeva 05.JPG|thumb|The Vaijayanti, Karnataka]]<br />
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== Literature ==<br />
Vaijayanti finds a mention in ''[[Vishnu sahasranama|Vishnu Sahasranama]]'', a [[stotra|stotram]] dedicated to Vishnu in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', as ''vanamali'' (forest flowers).<ref name="Ravi">{{cite book|author=V. Ravi|title=Vishnu Sahasranama|date=30 November 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G02pZ6u3Rw4C&pg=PA248|publisher=MANBLUNDER|page=248|id=GGKEY:DRA5CW5BDZX}}</ref> <br />
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The garland of victory is mentioned in the [[Mahabharata]], as made of never-wilting lotuses. {{Vaishnavism}}<br />
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In the [[Skanda Purana]], [[Varuna]] presents [[Lakshmi]] with the garland as a wedding gift.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2020-03-05 |title=The Marriage Festival of Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa [Chapter 14] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371753.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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According to the [[Vishnu Purana]], the garland prominently displays five precious gemstones: emerald, sapphire, ruby, pearl, and diamond. These correspond with the five classic elements commonly named earth, water, fire, air, and ether respectively.<ref name="Ravi" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2014-08-30 |title=Dominion over different provinces of creation assigned to different beings [Chapter XXII] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/vishnu-purana-wilson/d/doc115958.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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In the [[Shiva Purana]], Vishnu offers his garland to his son-in-law [[Kartikeya]], before his battle with the [[asura]] [[Tārakāsura|Taraka]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2018-10-14 |title=Kārttikeya is crowned [Chapter 5] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/shiva-purana-english/d/doc226125.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The [[Garuda Purana]] includes a prayer known as the ''Vishnu Panjaram'', which includes the following verse: "Taking up Vaijayanti and [[Shrivatsa|Srivatsa]], the ornament of thy throat do thou protect me in the north-west, O god, O [[Hayagriva]]. I bow unto thee".<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2015-04-12 |title=The prayer of Vishnu Panjaram [Chapter XIII] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-garuda-purana-dutt/d/doc122487.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Padma (Vishnu)|Padma]] <br />
* [[Kaustubha]]<br />
* [[Shaligram|Shaligrama]]<br />
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