Jyeshthakanishtha, Jyēṣṭhākaniṣṭhā, Jyeṣṭhākaniṣṭhā: 1 definition
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Jyeshthakanishtha means something in Marathi. 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.
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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjyēṣṭhākaniṣṭhā (ज्येष्ठाकनिष्ठा).—f (S) The two sisters, the elder and the younger Fortune, lakṣmī & alakṣmī, whom the ocean turned up during the churning of it by the gods and titans. The learned correct this popular misapprehension by instructing us that not two Fortunes came up, but lakṣmī only, whose name jyēṣṭhā (elder) became, after her marriage to viṣṇu, kaniṣṭhā (younger). 2 A vrata or observance in honor of these sisters held in bhādrapradaśuddha.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
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Starts with: Jyeshthakanishthamahalakshmipuja, Jyeshthakanishthavrata.
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