Kanishthaprathama, Kaniṣṭhaprathama, Kanishtha-prathama: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kaniṣṭhaprathama can be transliterated into English as Kanisthaprathama or Kanishthaprathama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaniṣṭhaprathama (कनिष्ठप्रथम).—a. Having the youngest as the first.

Kaniṣṭhaprathama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaniṣṭha and prathama (प्रथम).

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

Kaniṣṭhaprathama (कनिष्ठप्रथम):—[=kaniṣṭha-prathama] [from kaniṣṭha > kana] mfn. having the youngest as the first.

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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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