Lokajyeshtha, Lokajyeṣṭha, Loka-jyeshtha: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Lokajyeṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Lokajyestha or Lokajyeshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLokajyeṣṭha (लोकज्येष्ठ).—an epithet of Buddha.
Derivable forms: lokajyeṣṭhaḥ (लोकज्येष्ठः).
Lokajyeṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loka and jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryLokajyeṣṭha (लोकज्येष्ठ).—supreme one of the world, a standard epithet of a Buddha: Mahāvyutpatti 13 = Tibetan ḥjig rten gyi gtso bo.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lokajyeṣṭha (लोकज्येष्ठ):—[=loka-jyeṣṭha] [from loka > lok] m. ‘the most distinguished or excellent among men’, Name of Buddha, Buddha.
2) [v.s. ...] a monk of a [particular] order, [ib.]
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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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