यविष्ठ

{ yaviṣṭha }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : छोटा भाई, आग

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

यविष्ठ n.  स्वायंभुव मन्वन्तर के जिदाजित् देवों में से एक ।
यविष्ठ II. n.  अग्नि का एक नामान्तर ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यविष्ठ  mfn.  mfn. (superl. of युवन्) youngest, very young, last-born ( esp. applied to अग्नि when just produced from wood or placed on the altar after everything else ; अग्नि यविष्ठ is also the supposed author of [RV. viii, 91]), [RV.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcar.]
यविष्ठ  m.  m. a younger brother, [L.]
N. of a Brāhman ( pl. his descendants), [Cat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यविष्ठ [yaviṣṭha] a.  a. Youngest, very young, (superl. of युवन् q. v.); भ्रातुर्यविष्ठस्य सुतान् Bhāg; त्रिनयन यविष्ठाय च नमः [Śiva-mahimna 29.]
ष्ठः The youngest brother.
 N. N. of Agni.

Shabda-Sagara

यविष्ठ  mfn.  ( -ष्ठः-ष्ठा-ष्ठं) Youngest, very young.
 m.  ( -ष्ठः) A younger bro- ther.
E. युवन् young, इष्ठन् aff. of the superlative; also

ROOTS:

युवन् इष्ठन्

with कन् added, यविष्ठक.