[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1434 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1434 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1434 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1434) JAYĀ. Wife. The husband enters the wife in the form of semen and takes birth as the foetus and then is born from her as son and so the wife is called Jāyā. - [Previous: c7.1433](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1433) - [Next: c7.1435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1435) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1434) · Pramāṇa