Kanishtha, Kaniṣṭha, Kaṇiṣṭha: 20 definitions

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Kanishtha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Kanishtha has 18 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Kaniṣṭha and Kaṇiṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kanistha or Kanishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Kanishth.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kaniṣṭha (कनिष्ठ):—in ältern Büchern, kaniṣṭha in jüngern (vgl. die Betonung von jyeṣṭha); nach [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 1, 23] in der zweiten adj. Bed. oxyt., sonst proparoxyt.

1) adj. f. ā gaṇa ajādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 4.] am Ende eines comp. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 25.] vacanakaniṣṭham [Scholiast] a) der kleinste, geringste, wenigste (Gegens. bhūyiṣṭha) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 64.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 60.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 10, 44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1428,] [Scholiast] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 174.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭh. 12.] gā.a.rī kaniṣṭhā.chandasām [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 1, 6, 3.] ga.da.haḥ kaniṣṭhaṃ paśū.āṃ prajāyate [5, 1, 5, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 8, 2, 10. 2, 2, 3, 10. 4, 5, 5, 9.] kaniṣṭhapada oder kaniṣṭhamūla 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, [Algebra 363.] — — b) der jüngste, der jüngere (Gegens. jyeṣṭha, bṛhant, vṛddha) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 43. 3, 4, 10, 44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 552.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Ṛgveda 4, 33, 5.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 32.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10, 8, 28.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 15.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 4, 5.] jyeṣṭhaprathamāḥ kaniṣṭhajaghanyāḥ [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 15, 18. 15, 20, 6.] yathākaniṣṭham [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 10.] jyeṣṭhaścaiva kaniṣṭhaśca [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 113. 211. 214.] [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 32.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 11, 17.] Citat beim [Scholiast] zu [Śākuntala 51, 16.] putraḥ kaniṣṭho jyeṣṭhāyāṃ ([Kullūka]: = prathamoḍhāyāṃ) kaniṣṭhāyāṃ ([Kullūka]: = paścādūḍhāyāṃ) pūrvajaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 122.] kaniṣṭhātreya im Gegens. zu bṛhadātreya und vṛddhātreya [Akademische Vorlesungen 237.] — c) aṅguliḥ kaniṣṭhā oder kaniṣṭhā allein der kleine Finger [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 33.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 593.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] kaniṣṭhāyāmapyaṅgulyāṃ bhrāturmama sa rākṣasaḥ . duḥkhaṃ kartumaparyāptaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 51, 7.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 19.] [Suśruta 1, 126, 6.] —

2) m. pl. Name einer Götterordnung im 14ten Manvantara [Viṣṇupurāṇa 269.] —

3) f. Bez. einer bes. Art von Heroine: dhīrāditisṛṇāṃ dvidhābhedāntargatanāyikāviśeṣaḥ . asyā lakṣaṇam pariṇītatve sati bharturnyūnasnehā .. [Rasamañjarī im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. akaniṣṭha . Superl. zum compar. kanīyaṃs und desselben Ursprungs wie kanā, kanyā u.s.w.

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Kaniṣṭha (कनिष्ठ):—

1) a) der geringste, niedrigste: kaniṣṭha, dvitīya, tṛtīya, caturtha, śreṣṭha [Spr. 4612. fgg.] — b) m. ein jüngerer Bruder [Halāyudha 2, 351.] — c) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 27.] — d) Bez. der niedersteigenden Töpfe oder Eimer an einem Brunnenrade (Gegens. jyeṣṭha) [Spr. 4080.] —

3) eine hintanstehende Gattin oder Geliebte: sapatnīṣu jyeṣṭhāvṛttam, kaniṣṭhāvṛttam [Oxforder Handschriften 215,b,39. fg.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kaniṣṭha (कनिष्ठ):—und kaniṣṭha —

1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) der kleinste , geringste , niedrigste , wenigste. — b) der jüngste , jüngere. — c) in Verbindung mit aṅguli oder f. mit Ergänzung dieses Wortes der kleine Finger. —

2) m. — a) *ein jüngerer Bruder. — b) (sc. ghaṭa) der niedersteigende Eimer an einem Brunnenrade [Indische sprüche 2429.] — c) Pl. eine best. Götterordnung im 14ten Manvantara. —

3) f. ā die jüngste Ehegattin [195,29.] eine hintanstehene Gattin oder Geliebte.

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