విజయదశమి

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) + Telugu దశమి (daśami, “the tenth day of a lunar fortnight”).

Noun

విజయదశమి • (vijayadaśami) ? (plural విజయదశములు)

1. The tenth day of the month Asvayuja, being the day after the festival to Sarasvati, when all books, arms and instruments of trade are worshipped.

References

• "విజయదశమి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1168