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.]