Shreshthakashtha, Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha, Shreshtha-kashtha: 5 definitions
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Shreshthakashtha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Sresthakastha or Shreshthakashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha (श्रेष्ठकाष्ठ).—Tectona Grandis (Mar. sāga).
-ṣṭham the main pillar of a house.
Derivable forms: śreṣṭhakāṣṭhaḥ (श्रेष्ठकाष्ठः).
Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śreṣṭha and kāṣṭha (काष्ठ).
Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha (श्रेष्ठकाष्ठ).—n.
(-ṣṭhaṃ) The main pillar of a house. E. śreṣṭha best, and kāṣṭha timber.
1) Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha (श्रेष्ठकाष्ठ):—[=śreṣṭha-kāṣṭha] [from śreṣṭha > śreyas] m. Tectona Grandis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] n. the main pillar of a house, [Horace H. Wilson]
Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha (श्रेष्ठकाष्ठ):—[śreṣṭha-kāṣṭha] (ṣṭhaṃ) 1. n. The main pillar of a house.
Śreṣṭhakāṣṭha (श्रेष्ठकाष्ठ):—m. Tectona grandis (śākavṛkṣa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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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