kaniṣṭha कनिष्ठ kaniṣṭhá and kániṣṭha mfn. the youngest, younger born (opposed to jyeṣṭha and vṛddha), [RV. iv, 33, 5]; [AV. x, 8, 28]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c. the smallest, lowest, least (opposed to bhūyiṣṭha), [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. kaniṣṭhá (as), m. a younger brother, [L.] (scil. ghaṭa) the descending bucket of a well, [Kuv.] N. of a class of deities of the fourteenth Manvantara, [VP.] &c. See p. 248, col. 3. kaniṣṭhaga कनिष्ठग kaniṣṭha—ga m. a Jina, [L.] kaniṣṭhaka कनिष्ठक mf(ikA/)n. the smallest, [AV. i, 17, 2] (am), n. a sort of grass, [L.] kaniṣṭhatā कनिष्ठता kaniṣṭha—tā f. kaniṣṭhatva कनिष्ठत्व kaniṣṭha—tva n. the state of being younger or smaller. kaniṣṭhamūla कनिष्ठमूल kaniṣṭha—mūla n. id., [ib.] kaniṣṭhapada कनिष्ठपद kaniṣṭha—pada n. least root (that quantity of which the square multiplied by the given multiplicator and having the given addend added or subtrahend subtracted is capable of affording an exact square root), [Colebr.] kaniṣṭhaprathama कनिष्ठप्रथम kaniṣṭha—prathama mfn. having the youngest as the first.