Shraishthya, Śraiṣṭhya: 8 definitions
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Shraishthya has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śraiṣṭhya can be transliterated into English as Sraisthya or Shraishthya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚraiṣṭhya (श्रैष्ठ्य):—(von śreṣṭha) n. Vorrang, die erste Stelle: sa.ā.ānām [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 9, 3. 10, 6, 31.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 25. 7, 18.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 4, 5, 2. 5, 6, 7, 3.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 8, 9, 1.] bhūtānāṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ paryait [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 7, 1, 1. 14, 8, 14, 2.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 89.] kāma [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 10, 3, 22.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 5, 2, 6.] [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad 2, 6. 4, 15. 20.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 100. 12, 38.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 264.] [Mahābhārata 2, 596. 5, 821.] [Spr. (II) 1201.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 74, 19.] [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad] [S. 10.] prakṛti [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 3.] varṇa [Mahābhārata 7, 156.] kāraṇa (so ed. Bomb.) [12, 11039.] jñāti unter den Blutsverwandten [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 262.] [Mahābhārata 13, 5057.] svajana [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 33, 10.]
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Starts with: Shraishthyatama.
Ends with: Prakritishraishthya.
Full-text: Prakritishraishthya, Shraishthyatama, Vyamishraka, Jyaishthya, Abhisheka.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
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