Yavishtha, Yaviṣṭha: 9 definitions
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Yavishtha 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 Yaviṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Yavistha or Yavishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYaviṣṭha (यविष्ठ).—a. Youngest, very young, (superl. of yuvan q. v.); भ्रातुर्यविष्ठस्य सुतान् (bhrāturyaviṣṭhasya sutān) Bhāg; त्रिनयन यविष्ठाय च नमः (trinayana yaviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ) Śiva-mahimna 29.
-ṣṭhaḥ 1 The youngest brother.
2) Name of Agni.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYaviṣṭha (यविष्ठ).—mfn.
(-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) Youngest, very young. m.
(-ṣṭhaḥ) A younger brother. E. yuvan young, iṣṭhan aff. of the superlative; also with kan added, yaviṣṭhaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYaviṣṭha (यविष्ठ).—yavīyaṃs yavīyaṃs, see yuvan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYaviṣṭha (यविष्ठ).—([superlative]) youngest, [Epithet] of Agni as the fire just kindled or set on the altar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yaviṣṭha (यविष्ठ):—mfn. (superl. of yuvan) youngest, very young, last-born ([especially] applied to Agni when just produced from wood or placed on the altar after everything else ; Agni Yaviṣṭha is also the supposed author of [Ṛg-veda viii, 91]), [Ṛg-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pañcarātra]
2) m. a younger brother, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Name of a Brāhman ([plural] his descendants), [Catalogue(s)]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYaviṣṭha (यविष्ठ):—[(ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) a.] Younger, very young. 1. m. A younger brother.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusYaviṣṭha (ಯವಿಷ್ಠ):—[noun] the youngest brother.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Yavishthavant, Yavishthavat.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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