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jyeṣṭhāज्येष्ठाjyéṣṭhā́ f. (g. ajādi) the 16th (or accord. to modern reckoning 18th) lunar mansion (sacred to Indra), [AV. xix, 7, 3] (parox.), [TBr. iii, 1, 2]; [PārGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c. (also pl.)
f. the eldest wife, [Mn. ix, 122] & [124]
a preferred wife, [L.]
the 8th year in the Jupiter cycle of 12 years, [VarBṛS. viii, 10]
the middle finger, [L.]
a kind of stringed instrument
misfortune (personified as the elder sister of Lakṣmī, [PadmaP. v]; cf. °ṣṭha-lakṣmī́), [BhP. i, 17, 32]
N. of a Śakti, [Hcat. i, 8, 404]
Gaṅgā, [L.]
jyeṣṭhā́ f. of °ṣṭha, q.v.
jyeṣṭhāṃśaज्येष्ठांशm. the eldest brother's share, [W.]
the best share, [W.]
jyeṣṭhāmbuज्येष्ठाम्बुn. the scum of boiled rice or water in which grain has been washed, [L.]
jyeṣṭhāmūlaज्येष्ठामूलjyeṣṭhā—mūla m. the month Jyaiṣṭha, [MBh. xiii, 4609] and [5156]; [VP. vi, 8, 33 ff.]
jyeṣṭhāśramaज्येष्ठाश्रमmfn. being in the most excellent order of life (viz. in that of a householder), [Mn. iii, 78.]
jyeṣṭhāvrataज्येष्ठाव्रतjyeṣṭhā—vrata n. a kind of observance in honour of Jyeṣṭhā, [TBr. ii, 1, 2, 2], Sch.
jyeṣṭhāśraminज्येष्ठाश्रमिन्mfn. id., [W.]
jyeṣṭhāmūlīyaज्येष्ठामूलीयjyeṣṭhā—°mūlīya m. id., [L.]
jyeṣṭhāmalakaज्येष्ठामलकm. Azadirachta indica, [L.]
jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāज्येष्ठानुज्येष्ठताf. regular succession according to seniority, [MBh. i, 2727] and [2742.]
jyeṣṭhāpūjāvilāsaज्येष्ठापूजाविलासjyeṣṭhā—pūjā-vilāsa m. N. of wk.