Jyeshthamsha, Jyeṣṭhāṃśa, Jyeshtha-amsha: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Jyeṣṭhāṃśa can be transliterated into English as Jyesthamsa or Jyeshthamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJyeṣṭhāṃśa (ज्येष्ठांश).—
1) eldest brother's share.
2) the right of the eldest brother to a larger share of the patrimonial property.
3) the best share.
Derivable forms: jyeṣṭhāṃśaḥ (ज्येष्ठांशः).
Jyeṣṭhāṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jyeṣṭha and aṃśa (अंश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJyeṣṭhāṃśa (ज्येष्ठांश).—m.
(-śaḥ) 1. The elder brother’s share. 2. The best share. E. jyeṣṭha, and aṃśa a share.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJyeṣṭhāṃśa (ज्येष्ठांश).—[masculine] the eldest brother’s share.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jyeṣṭhāṃśa (ज्येष्ठांश):—[from jyeṣṭha > jyā] m. the eldest brother’s share, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] the best share, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJyeṣṭhāṃśa (ज्येष्ठांश):—(śaḥ) 1. m. Elder brother’s share; the best share.
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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