ज्येष्ठ [jyēṣṭha] a. a. (Superl. of प्रशस्य or वृद्ध)
Eldest, most senior.
Most excellent, best.
Pre-eminent, first, chief, highest.
ष्ठः An elder brother;
[R.12.19,35.] An epithet of the Supreme Being.
Life.
N. N. a lunar month (= ज्यैष्ठ q. v.).
ष्ठा An eldest sister.
N. N. of the eighteenth lunar mansion (consisting of the three stars).
The middle finger.
A small house-lizard.
An epithet of the Ganges.
The goddess of misfortune, elder sister of Lakṣmī; ज्येष्ठा च माया कलहश्च दम्भः
[Bhāg.1.17.32.] -ष्ठी A small houselizard.
ष्ठम् The most excellent, the first or head.
Tin.
Comp. अंशः eldest brother's share.
the right of the eldest brother to a larger share of the patrimonial property.
the best share.
-अम्बु n. n.
water in which grain has been washed.
the scum of boiled rice.
आश्रमः the highest or most excellent order in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; i. e. that of a householder; तस्माज्ज्येष्ठाश्रमो गृही
[Ms.3.78.] a householder.
-कलशः N. N. of Bilhaṇa's father.
-तातः a father's eldest brother.
-तातिः f. f. Ved. superiority.
-राज् m. m. a Sovereign; ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पते
[Rv.2.23.1.] -ललिता A particular vow to be observed in the month of Jye&stodṭha.
वर्णः the highest caste (that of Brāhmaṇas).
a Brāhmaṇa.
-वृत्तिः f. f. the duties of seniority. -श्वश्रूःf.
a wife's eldest sister.
the eldest mother-in-law.-सामन् n. N. of a particular Sāman; ब्रह्मदेयात्मसंतानो ज्येष्ठसामग एव च
[Ms.3.185.]