jyeṣṭha ज्येष्ठ jyéṣṭha mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 61]) most excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best, greatest, (m.) the chief, [RV.] &c. (ifc. [e.g. vacana-, ‘best in speech’, [Kāś.]] [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 25]) more excellent than (abl.), [MBh. xiii, 7205] (in math. with pada or mūla) greatest (root [square root] extracted from the quantity operated upon) ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 62]; °ṣṭhá) eldest, (m.) the eldest brother, [RV. iv, 33, 5]; [x, 11, 2]; [AV.] &c. jyéṣṭha m. (scil. ghaṭa) the ascending bucket (in a machine for raising water), [Kuval. 46] for jyaiṣṭha, [VarBṛS.]; [Rājat.] N. of a man, [MBh. xii, 13593] jyéṣṭha n. what is most excellent, [RV. x, 120, 1]; [AV.] (also oxyt.) tin, [L.] N. of a Liṅga, [LiṅgaP. i, 1, 3] with puṣkara See °ṣṭha-p° jyéṣṭha (ā, [L.], ī), f. a small house-lizard (also jyaiṣṭhī, [W.]), [Tithyād.] jyeṣṭham ज्येष्ठम् jyéṣṭham (am), ind. most, extremely, [ŚBr. i, 8, 1, 4.] jyeṣṭhatā ज्येष्ठता jyeṣṭha—tā f. precedence, seniority, primogeniture, [Mn.]; [MBh. iii, 14461]; [Hariv. 7164.] jyeṣṭhaghnī ज्येष्ठघ्नी jyeṣṭha—ghnī́ f. = °ṣṭhā́, the 16th lunar mansion, [AV. vi, 110, 2]; [TBr. i, 5, 2, 8.] jyeṣṭharāj ज्येष्ठराज् jyeṣṭha—rā́j m. a sovereign, [RV. ii, 23, 1]; [viii, 16, 3]; [MaitrS. i, 3, 11.] jyeṣṭhatas ज्येष्ठतस् jyeṣṭha—tás ind. (reckoning) from the eldest, according to seniority, [AV. xi, 3, 32]; [ĀpŚr. vi, 7, 8.] jyeṣṭhatva ज्येष्ठत्व jyeṣṭha—tva n. = -tā, [MBh. i, 8372]; [ŚārṅgP.]; [Subh.] jyeṣṭhabalā ज्येष्ठबला jyeṣṭha—balā f. Sida rhomboidea, [L.] jyeṣṭhapāla ज्येष्ठपाल jyeṣṭha—pāla m. N. of a man, [Rājat. viii.] jyeṣṭhatāta ज्येष्ठतात jyeṣṭha—tāta m. a father's elder brother, [L.] jyeṣṭhatāti ज्येष्ठताति jyeṣṭhá—tāti (°ṣṭhá-), f. ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 41]) superiority, [AV. vi, 39, 1] = -rā́j, [RV. v, 44, 1.] jyeṣṭhatama ज्येष्ठतम jyéṣṭha—tama (jyéṣ°), mfn. best or first of all, [RV. ii, 16, 1]; [vi, 67, 1] oldest of all, [W.] jyeṣṭhatarā ज्येष्ठतरा jyeṣṭha—tarā f. a woman guarding a young girl, [Kathās. lxxv], jyeṣṭhatara ज्येष्ठतर jyeṣṭha—tara mfn. an elder one, [Pañcat. v, 4, 0/1] jyeṣṭhavara ज्येष्ठवर jyeṣṭha—vará m. a chief wooer, [AV. xi, 8, 1 f.] jyeṣṭhabhāryā ज्येष्ठभार्या jyeṣṭha—bhāryā f. id., [W.] a senior or chief wife, [W.] jyeṣṭhabandhu ज्येष्ठबन्धु jyéṣṭha—bandhu (°ṣṭhá-), m. the chief of a family, [MaitrS. ii, 2, 10.] jyeṣṭhagṛhya ज्येष्ठगृह्य jyeṣṭha—gṛhyá m. the eldest member of a family, [ŚBr. xii, 4, 1, 4.] jyeṣṭhasāman ज्येष्ठसामन् jyeṣṭha—sāman n. the most excellent Sāman, [TāṇḍyaBr. xxi, 2, 3] N. of a Sāman, [Gobh. iii, 2, 54]; [MBh. xii f.] jyeṣṭha—sāman mfn. a chanter of that Sāman, [Yājñ. i, 219] jyeṣṭhasthāna ज्येष्ठस्थान jyeṣṭha—sthāna n. N. of a place of pilgrimage, [MBh. iii, 8204.] jyeṣṭhastoma ज्येष्ठस्तोम jyeṣṭha—stoma m. N. of an Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr. xiv.] jyeṣṭhavarṇa ज्येष्ठवर्ण jyeṣṭha—varṇa m. ‘first cast man’, a Brāhman, [L.] cf. [MBh. xiii, 6571.] jyeṣṭhavayas ज्येष्ठवयस् jyeṣṭha—vayas mfn. older than (in comp.), [Kathās. iic, 28.] jyeṣṭhavṛtti ज्येष्ठवृत्ति jyeṣṭha—vṛtti mfn. behaving like an eldest brother, [Mn. ix, 110] jyeṣṭha—vṛtti f. the duties of seniority, [W.] jyeṣṭhayajña ज्येष्ठयज्ञ jyeṣṭha—yajñá m. sacrifice of the eldest, [TS. vii]; [AitBr. iv, 25] the most excellent sacrifice, [TāṇḍyaBr. vi, 3, 8.] jyeṣṭhabhavikā ज्येष्ठभविका jyeṣṭha—bhavikā f. an elder brother's wife, [Divyāv. ii, 83] and [113.] jyeṣṭhaśvaśrū ज्येष्ठश्वश्रू jyeṣṭha—śvaśrū f. a wife's elder sister, [L.] jyeṣṭhakalaśa ज्येष्ठकलश jyeṣṭha—kalaśa m. N. of Bilhaṇa's father, [Vcar. xviii, 79.] jyeṣṭhalakṣmī ज्येष्ठलक्ष्मी jyeṣṭha—lakṣmī́ f. a chief mark, congenital mark (cf. [AV. vii, 115, 3]), [MaitrS. i, 8, 1]; [TBr. ii, 1, 2, 2] (‘indigence personified as the elder sister of Lakṣmī’ Sch.). jyeṣṭhalakṣma ज्येष्ठलक्ष्म jyeṣṭha—lakṣmá n. the principal mark or sign, [MaitrS.] jyeṣṭhalalitā ज्येष्ठललिता jyeṣṭha—lalitā f. a particular vow to be observed in month Jyaiṣṭha, [ŚivaP.] jyeṣṭhasāmaga ज्येष्ठसामग jyeṣṭha—sā°ma-ga mfn. id., [Āp.]; [Mn. iii, 185.] jyeṣṭhasāmaka ज्येष्ठसामक jyeṣṭha—sāmaka m. one who knows the Jyeṣṭha-sāman, [Baudh.] jyeṣṭhatarikā ज्येष्ठतरिका jyeṣṭha—°tarikā f. = °rā, [ib.] jyeṣṭhavarṇin ज्येष्ठवर्णिन् jyeṣṭha—varṇin m. id., [Kām. ii, 19.] jyeṣṭhajaghanya ज्येष्ठजघन्य jyeṣṭha—jaghanya mfn. pl. the elders last, [ĀśvGṛ. iv, 4, 12.] jyeṣṭhaprathama ज्येष्ठप्रथम jyeṣṭha—prathama mfn. pl. the elders first, [MānGṛ. ii, 7.] jyeṣṭhapuṣkara ज्येष्ठपुष्कर jyeṣṭha—puṣkara n. N. of a renowned place of pilgrimage, [MBh. iii], [xiii] (°ṣṭha puṣk°), [R. i, 62, 2.] jyeṣṭhabrāhmaṇa ज्येष्ठब्राह्मण jyeṣṭha—brāhmaṇa mfn. having the oldest Brāhmaṇa, [TāṇḍyaBr. vii, 6, 7.] jyeṣṭha—brāhmaṇa n. the chief Brāhmaṇa, [JaimUp.]