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Jayanthi (ಜಯಂತಿ) (actress)

Jayanthi (Kamala Kumari, 1945–2021) was an Indian actress of Kannada cinema, also in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and Marathi; over 500 films, nicknamed Abhinaya Sharade, six Karnataka State Film Awards, debut Jenu Goodu (1963).

Jayapala

Jayapala, also rendered Jaipal, was a Hindu Shahi king who ruled the Kabul valley and Punjab from about 964 until his defeat by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1001.

Jayaprakash

Jayaprakash (जयप्रकाश), also spelled Jaiprakash, is a Sanskrit masculine name meaning "light of victory" (jaya + prakāśa), used across India as a given name and surname; its best-known bearer was Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), the 1974 Total Revolution leader.

Jayaprakash filmography

Jayaprakash (V. Jayaprakash, born 1962) is an Indian character actor and producer; former GJ Cinema producer turned actor in Cheran's Mayakannadi (2007), known for Pasanga (Filmfare Best Supporting Actor), Naan Mahaan Alla, Jersey, and Jai Bhim, working mainly in Tamil and Telugu cinema.

Jayaprakash Narayan (जयप्रकाश नारायण)

Jayaprakash Narayan (जयप्रकाश नारायण), JP or Loknayak, 1902–1979, Indian socialist and Gandhian leader: Congress Socialist Party founder, Bhoodan worker, partyless democracy theorist, and 1974 Total Revolution leader against the Emergency.

Jayapura

Jayapura, capital of Papua Province at Indonesia's eastern tip bordering Papua New Guinea; formerly Dutch Hollandia, twin urban centers Jayapura and Abepura divided by Skyline hills; about 405,000 residents in 2025, largest city on New Guinea.

Sep 21, 2026

Jayaraj Rajagopal

Jayaraj Rajagopal is a Harvard Medical School professor and Massachusetts General Hospital researcher in lung stem cell biology who discovered pulmonary ionocytes and airway hillocks.

Jayarajadevi

Jayarajadevi (ជយរាជទេវី) was the first queen consort of Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire, who reigned from 1181. A devout Buddhist, she influenced his adoption of the religion and died early in his reign.

Jayaram

Jayaram, full name Jayaram Subramaniam, is an Indian film actor born in 1964 who works primarily in Malayalam cinema and has acted in more than 200 films.

Sep 19, 2026

Jayashree Patil

Jayashree Patil is an American community organizer who served as the first executive director of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, in Silicon Valley, California, during TiE's founding era beginning in 1992.

Jayasimha (Kalachuri king)

Jayasimha, also Jayasimhadeva, was a 12th-century king of the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri in central India, who succeeded his brother Narasimhadeva and endowed the Kirtisvara temple with three villages.

Sep 23, 2026

Jayasimha Siddharaja

Jayasimha Siddharaja (जयसिंह सिद्धराज) was a Chaulukya (Solanki) king who ruled Gujarat from Patan from about 1092 to 1142, remembered for conquering Malwa and patronizing the Jain scholar Hemachandra.

Sep 23, 2026

Jayasthiti Malla

Jayasthiti Malla (जयस्थिति मल्ल) was a Malla king of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, crowned at Bhaktapur in 1382, who united the valley and codified its first comprehensive law.

Jayasudha (జయసుధ)

Jayasudha (జయసుధ), born Sujatha in 1958, is a Telugu film actress and politician known as the Sahaja Nati (natural actress). Debut Pandanti Kapuram (1972); stardom with Jyothi (1976); nine Nandi Awards; Secunderabad MLA 2009–2014.

Jayasurya (ജയസൂര്യ)

Jayasurya (ജയസൂര്യ), born 1978, is a Malayalam film actor, producer and singer; lead debut Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002), National Award Special Mention 2016, 120 films, 100th film Sunny (2020).

Jayata (阇夜多)

Jayata (阇夜多) is the twentieth Indian patriarch in the standard Chan (Zen) genealogy of twenty-eight masters ending with Bodhidharma, between Kumorata and Vasubandhu, known only from Chan transmission-of-the-lamp literature.

Jayatirtha

Jayatirtha, born Dhondo Pant Raghunath, was a 14th-century Dvaita Vedanta philosopher, the sixth pontiff in Madhvacharya's line, honored as Tikacharya for his standard-setting commentaries, chiefly the Nyayasudha.

Jayavarman I

Jayavarman I (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី១) was a king of Chenla, the early Khmer polity of pre-Angkor Cambodia, who strengthened central royal authority across much of present-day Cambodia.

Jayavarman II

Jayavarman II (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី២) was a Khmer king of the early 9th century whom later tradition presents as founder of the Khmer Empire, proclaiming himself universal monarch in 802.

Jayavarman II's declaration of independence and devaraja cult

Jayavarman II's declaration of independence and devaraja cult was the Khmer king's 802 proclamation of independence from Java on Mount Mahendraparvata, traditionally the founding act of the Khmer Empire.

Jayavarman IX

Jayavarman IX, also recorded as Jayavarmadiparamesvara or Jayavarman Paramesvara, was a king of the Khmer Empire who reigned at Angkor from 1327, the last attested Angkorian ruler.

Jayavarman V

Jayavarman V was a Khmer king who reigned from 968 to 1001, succeeding his father Rajendravarman; his peaceful reign saw Banteay Srei and the unfinished Ta Keo.

Jayavarman VII

Jayavarman VII (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៧) was a king of the Khmer empire of Angkor, reigning 1181 to about 1218, who expanded the empire to its greatest extent.

Jayavarman VII as Buddha

Jayavarman VII as Buddha is the identification of the Cambodian king Jayavarman VII (r. 1181–1218) with the Buddha, shown in portrait statues and the face towers of the Bayon temple.

Jayavarman VII Portrait Head

A gray-green sandstone portrait head of King Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire, carved in the Bayon style and regarded as a masterpiece of the Musée Guimet in Paris.

Jayavarman VII's war with Champa

Jayavarman VII's war with Champa was a 1177–1220 conflict in which the Khmer Empire, responding to a 1177 Cham sea attack on Angkor, conquered and occupied Champa.

Jayavarman VIII

Jayavarman VIII (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៨) was a king of the Khmer Empire who ruled at Angkor until abdicating in 1295 and restored Hinduism as the state religion.

Jaybird–Woodpecker War

The Jaybird–Woodpecker War (1888–89) was a Fort Bend County, Texas political feud between White Democratic Jaybirds and the biracial Woodpecker coalition, ending with the 1889 Battle of Richmond and decades of whites-only Jaybird rule.

Jayce Fitzgerald

Jayce John Fitzgerald (born 2007) is an English professional footballer, a midfielder who plays for Rotherham United on loan from Manchester United in EFL League Two.