Digvijaya (conquest)
Sanskrit term in medieval India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the list of people with the proper name "Digvijay", see Digvijay.
Digvijaya, (Sanskrit: दिग्विजय; Dig:"Direction" and Vijaya:"Victory"), in ancient India was originally a Sanskrit term that meant conquest of the "four quarters", in a military or a moral context. In medieval times, it came to refer to the religious conquest by reputed founders of the major Hindu renunciate traditions, namely Madhva, Sankara, Chaitanya, and Vallabha.[1]