Varishtha, Variṣṭha, Variṣṭhā: 17 definitions
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Varishtha has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Variṣṭha and Variṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Varistha or Varishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Varishth.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVariṣṭha (वरिष्ठ):—1. (superl. zu uru) adj. der weiteste, breiteste, umfassendste [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 61.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 177.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭh. 15.] [Halāyudha 4, 14.] [Ṛgveda 4, 56, 1.] dhīti [5, 25, 3. 48, 3. 6, 37, 4. 41, 2.] variṣṭhe na indra va.dhure dhāḥ [47, 9.] tadvāryaṃ vṛṇīmahe.variṣṭhaṃ (= varṣiṣṭhaṃ [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 1]) gopa.atyam [8, 25, 13.] kratvā.variṣṭham [86, 10.] variṣṭhā.anu sa.batam [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 11, 12.] sūryo.variṣṭho a.ṣabhi.vi bhāti [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 7, 7, 1.] atīva (vimāna) [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 13, 6.] Vgl. auch u. uru, wo aber das Beispiel [Mahābhārata 14, 879.] zu streichen ist.
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Variṣṭha (वरिष्ठ):—2. (superl. zu 4. vara)
1) adj. der vorzüglichste, beste [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 108. fg.] = varatama [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 177.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭh. 15.] = vatsa [AJAYA im Śabdakalpadruma] iṣṭāpūrtaṃ manyamānā variṣṭham [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 2, 10. 2, 2, 1.] [Praśnopaniṣad 2, 3.] [Ṛgveda] [Prātiśākhya 15, 4.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2096. 2, 540. 3, 15594. 5, 3823. 6, 2976.] [Harivaṃśa 11526.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 61, 15.] adhamasamavariṣṭhāni [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 13, 1.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 73, 13. 78, 4.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 7, 91] (fälschlich varīṣṭha) gedr.). [Oxforder Handschriften 47,a, No. 103, Z. 12.] [Scholiast] zu [Jaimini.1,2,12.] kaḥ punareṣāṃ variṣṭhaḥ [Praśnopaniṣad 2, 1.] puṇyakṛtām [Mahābhārata 1, 2096.] brāhmaṇo dvipadāṃ śreṣṭho gaurvariṣṭhā catuṣpadām [3044. 3, 10599. 5, 511. 12, 5163.] sarvayajñānām [13, 3809.] [Harivaṃśa 1032. 8812.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 3, 11. 5, 44, 13. 48, 15. 6, 6, 32.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 10, 1. 3, 25, 11. 5, 11, 1.] ākhyāna die vorzüglichste unter allen Erzählungen [Mahābhārata 1, 18. 55.] loka [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 108, 15.] deva [5, 7, 34.] nṛpa (so ist zu verbinden) [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 230.] mit einem abl. besser als: variṣṭhamagnihotrebhyo brāhmaṇasya mukhe hutam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 84.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 9, 10.] unter Schlechten vornan stehend, der schlimmste, ärgste: doṣa [Mahābhārata 14, 879] (unter uru zu streichen). pāpakṛtām [3, 12590.] —
2) m. a) Rebhuhn [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Orangenbaum [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Nomen proprium α) eines Sohnes des Manu Cākṣuṣa [Mahābhārata 13, 1315.] — β) einer der 7 Weisen im 11ten Manvantara [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 94, 19.] — γ) eines Daitya [Harivaṃśa 12942.] —
3) f. ā Polanisia icosandra W. et. A. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) n. a) Kupfer [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 98.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1040.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Pfeffer [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Ends with: Avarishtha, Paramavarishtha.
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