Jyaishthineya, Jyaiṣṭhineya: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Jyaiṣṭhineya can be transliterated into English as Jyaisthineya or Jyaishthineya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Jyaishthineya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jyaiṣṭhineya (ज्यैष्ठिनेय).—a. Born from the eldest or principal wife; कृते कनिष्ठिनेयस्य ज्यैष्ठिनेयं विवासितम् (kṛte kaniṣṭhineyasya jyaiṣṭhineyaṃ vivāsitam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.84.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyaiṣṭhineya (ज्यैष्ठिनेय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) Born of the elder or principal wife. E. jyaiṣṭhā, and ḍhak affix, inaṅ inserted.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyaiṣṭhineya (ज्यैष्ठिनेय).—i. e. jyeṣ- ṭha + in + ī + eya, adj. Borne by the eldest wife of a father, Mahābhārata 2, 1934.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyaiṣṭhineya (ज्यैष्ठिनेय):—[from jyaiṣṭhasāmika > jyā] m. ([gana] kalyāṇyādi) a son of the father’s first wife (jyeṣṭhā), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii, 1, 8, 1; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa ii, xx; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] (fr jyeṣṭhinī [Scholiast or Commentator]), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xxviii; Manu-smṛti ix, 193; Mahābhārata ii, 1934.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyaiṣṭhineya (ज्यैष्ठिनेय):—[(yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) a.] Born of the elder or principal wife.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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