# ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jyeshtha

ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) is a Sanskrit word meaning most excellent, pre-eminent, chief, or best, more excellent than, greatest, eldest brother, the ascending bucket in a machine for raising water, elder, superior, or chief. Its 56 recorded definitions are grouped into 21 contexts, among them Composite Dictionary Entry (Multiple Core Meanings), Proper Name/Epithet: A Deity or Divine Being, Seniority by Age/Rank: Eldest, Most Senior (Person/Wife).

- **Root:** ज्या (jyā)
- **Etymology:** E. ज्या to decay, to grow infirm or old, affix इष्ठन्, fem. affixes. टाप् and ङीष् — E. jyā to decay, to grow infirm or old, affix iṣṭhan, fem. affixes. ṭāp and ṅīṣ
- **SLP1:** `jyezWa`  **IAST:** jyeṣṭha  **Devanagari:** ज्येष्ठ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyestha_%28goddess%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jyeshtha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā)

## Meanings by context

### Composite Dictionary Entry (Multiple Core Meanings) (10 definitions)
- 1. Most excellent, greatest, highest, best, first, chief, superior, or eldest. 2. An elder brother. 3. The month of May-June. 4. The eldest wife. 5. The sixteenth or eighteenth lunar mansion. 6. Misfortune. 7. The chief thing.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 103-2 ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) jyā́‿iṣṭha ( or á, ), spv. most excellent or beauteous; greatest; highest; best; first; chief; superior to ( ab. ); eldest: -m, ad. most, greatly; m. elder brother; ( sc. ghaṭa) ascending bucket on the water-wheel; N. of a month, May-June (= jyaiṣṭha); ā́, f. eldest wife; N. of the 16th (18th) lunar station; misfortune; n. chief thing. [ ID=8166 ]
- 1. Best or most excellent. 2. Oldest or elder born. 3. The eighteenth lunar mansion. 4. The middle finger. 5. Misfortune personified as a goddess. 6. The Ganges. 7. A small house lizard. 8. The month of Jyaishtha corresponding to May and June. 9. Age or oldness.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 355 ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) mfn. ( - ष्ठः (-ṣṭhaḥ)- ष्ठा (-ṣṭhā)- ष्ठं (-ṣṭhaṃ) (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) ) 1 Best, most excellent, pre-eminent. 2 Very old, oldest. 3 Elder, elder born. f. ( - ष्ठा (-ṣṭhā) ) 1 One of the asterisms considered as lunar mansions; the eighteenth, comprising three stars, of which one is a Scorpionis, figured by a ring or earring. 2 The middle finger. 3 Misfortune, personified as a goddess. 4 The Ganges, ( - ष्ठा (-ṣṭhā) or ष्ठी (ṣṭhī) ) A small house lizard. m. ( - ष्ठः (-ṣṭhaḥ) ) The month Jyaiṣṭha or Jeyte, (May-June.) n. ( - ष्ठं (-ṣṭhaṃ) ) Age, oldness. E. ज्या (jyā) to decay, to grow infirm or old, affix इष्ठन् (iṣṭhan), fem. affixes. टाप् (ṭāp) and ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=16564 ]
- 1. Best or oldest. 2. A month. 3. A lunar mansion, the middle finger, misfortune, the Ganges, or a small house lizard.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 313-a ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) ( ष्ठः - ष्ठा (ṣṭhā)- ष्ठं ) ((ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ)) a. Best; oldest. m. Name of a month. f. A lunar mansion; middle finger; misfortune; the Ganges; ( ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) or ष्ठी (ṣṭhī) ) a small house lizard. [ ID=16032 ]
- 1. Most excellent or best. 2. Pre-eminent, first, or chief. 3. Eldest or most senior.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 295-01 ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) (I) a. (f. ष्ठा (ṣṭhā); the super. of प्रशस्य (praśasya) and वृद्ध (vṛddha) ) 1. Most excellent, best; 2. pre-eminent, first, chief; 3. eldest, most senior. [ ID=14876 ]
- 1. Best, most excellent, or pre-eminent. 2. Oldest or most senior. 3. The eighteenth lunar mansion. 4. The middle finger. 5. Misfortune personified. 6. The Ganges. 7. A small house lizard. 8. The Hindu month of Jyeshtha, falling in May and June. 9. Age or oldness.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 294-b ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) mfn. ( - ष्ठः (-ṣṭhaḥ)- ष्ठा (-ṣṭhā)- ष्ठी (ṣṭhī)- ष्ठं (-ṣṭhaṃ) (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhī-ṣṭhaṃ) ) 1. Best, most excellent, pre-eminent. 2. Very old, oldest. 3. most senior Elder, elder born. f. ( - ष्ठा (-ṣṭhā) ) 1. One of the asterisms, considered as lunar mansions; the eighteenth, comprising three stars, of which one is a Scorpionis, figured by a ring or earring. 2. The middle finger. 3. Misfortune, personified as a goddess. 4. The Ganges, ( - ष्ठा (-ṣṭhā) or ष्ठी (ṣṭhī) ) A small house lizard. m. ( - ष्ठः (-ṣṭhaḥ) ) The month Jyeshtha or Jeyte, (May-June.) n. ( - ष्ठं (-ṣṭhaṃ) ) Age, oldness. E. ज्या (jyā) to decay, to grow infirm or old, affix इष्ठन्, (iṣṭhan,) fem. affixes टाप् (ṭāp) and ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=16537 ]
- 1. Most excellent. 2. Eldest. 3. An elder brother. 4. The name of a month. 5. A lunar mansion. 6. Misfortune.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 0341-a ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) jyeṣṭha, i. e. jyā + iṣṭha, I. superl. of praśasya and vṛddha ( cf. jyāyaṃs ), f. ṭhā, 1. Most excellent, Man. 9, 123. 2. Eldest, Man. 9, 126; Daśak. in Chr. 184, 12. II. m. 1. An elder brother, Man. 4, 184. 2. = jyaiṣṭha, Page0341-b+ 40 The name of a month, Rājat. 1, 220. III. f. ṭhā. 1. The name of a lunar station, Rām. 6, 86, 43. 2. Misfortune, Bhāg. P. 1, 17, 32. — Comp. A-, adj. for- feiting one's primogeniture, Man. 9, 213. Yathā-jyeṣṭha + m, adv. accord- ing to (their) rank, Pañc. 198, 10. [ ID=5525 ]
- 1. Principal, best, eldest, highest, greatest, or worst. 2. A chief, senior, or eldest brother. 3. The eldest wife. 4. The best or chief thing.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 190 ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) ( superl. ) principal, best, eldest, highest, greatest, worst; superior to ( abl. ). m. chief, senior, eldest brother, N. of a man. f. ज्येष्टा (jyeṣṭā) the eldest wife. n. the chief, best (of things); adv. most, much. [ ID=11590 ]
- 1. Principal, best, eldest, highest, greatest, or worst. 2. Superior. 3. Chief, senior, or eldest brother. 4. The eldest wife. 5. Most or much.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) ( superl. ) principal, best, eldest, highest, greatest, worst; superior to ( abl. ). m. chief, senior, eldest brother, N. of a man. f. ज्येष्टा (jyeṣṭā) the eldest wife. n. the chief, best (of things); adv. most, much. [ ID=11591 ]
- 1. Best. 2. Principal. 3. First. 4. Oldest.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 160-a ] jyéṣṭha, later jyeṣṭhá, a. best; principal; first; oldest. [ superl. of jyā, the vbl of √jyā, 470 3. see jyā́yāṃs. ] [ ID=1653 ]
- 1. The most excellent, noble, or pre-eminent. 2. First or chief. 3. Best or greatest. 4. Eldest, very old, elder, or senior. 5. An elder brother. 6. The name of a month. 7. The name of a man. 8. The sixteenth or eighteenth lunar mansion. 9. The eighth year of a Jupiter cycle. 10. The middle finger. 11. A small house-lizard. 12. An epithet of the Ganga. 13. A kind of heroine. 14. Misfortune personified as a goddess and the elder sister of Lakshmi. 15. Tin.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 0353-a ] Jyeṣṭha, as, ā, am, the most excellent, noblest, pre-eminent; first, chief; best, greatest; eldest, very old, elder, senior, elder born; an elder brother; ( as ), m., N. of a month, for jyaiṣṭha, q. v.; N. of a man; ( ā ), f., N. of the sixteenth or (according to more modern reckoning) eighteenth lunar mansion sacred to Indra; the eighth year of a Jupiter cycle of twelve years; the middle finger; a small house-lizard; an epithet of the Gaṅgā; a kind of heroine; misfortune personified as a goddess and the elder sister of Lakṣmī; ( ī ), f. a small house-lizard; ( am ), n. the most excellent, the first, the head; tin; ( am ), ind. most, extremely; [cf. Hib. gast, ‘an old woman;’ giostaire, ‘an active old man;’ giostai- reas, ‘old age.’] —Jyeṣṭha-ghnī, f., Ved. = jye- ṣṭhā, the sixteenth lunar mansion. —Jyeṣṭha- tama, as, ā, am, Ved. best of all; first of all; oldest of all. —Jyeṣṭha-tara, as, ā, am, elder, an elder one. —Jyeṣṭha-tas, ind., Ved. according to seniority, (reckoning) from the eldest. —Jyeṣṭha-tā, f. or jyeṣṭha-tva, am, n. superiority; primogeniture, seniority. —Jyeṣṭha-tāta, as, m. a father's elder brother. —Jyeṣṭha-tāti, is, f., Ved. superiority; superior. —Jyeṣṭha-pāla, as, m., N. of a man. —Jyeṣṭha-puṣkara, am, n., N. of a renowned place of pilgrimage. —Jyeṣṭha-balā, f., N. of a plant, a kind of Balā, = mahā-balā, saha-devī. —Jyeṣṭha-bhāryā, f. an elder brother's wife, the elder, senior or chief wife. —Jyeṣṭha-rāj, ṭ, m., Ved. a sovereign. —Jyeṣṭha-lalitā, f. a particular vow to be observed in the month Jyeṣṭha (Jyaiṣṭha). —Jyeṣṭha-varṇa, as, m. one of the first caste, a Brāhman. —Jyeṣṭha-vṛtti, is, is, i, behaving like the first-born or eldest brother; ( is ), f. the duties of seniority. —Jyeṣṭha-śvaśrū, ūs, f. a wife's elder sister. —Jyeṣṭha-sāman, a, n., N. of a Sāman; ( ā, ā, a ), a chanter of the Jyeṣṭha-Sāman. —Jye- ṣṭhasāmika, as, ā, am, an adj. derived from the last. —Jyeṣṭha-stoma, as, m., N. of an Ekāha ceremony. —Jyeṣṭha-sthāna, am, n., N. of a place of pilgrimage. —Jyeṣṭhāṃśa (°ṭha-aṃ°), as, m. the eldest brother's share; the right of primogeniture or the right of the eldest son to a larger portion of the patrimonial property than his brothers, — a right formerly recognized but now obsolete; the best share. —Jyeṣṭhā-mūla or jyeṣṭhā-mūlīya, as, m. the month Jyaiṣṭha. —Jyeṣṭhāmbu (°ṭha-am°), us, m. the scum of boiled rice or water in which grain has been washed. —Jyeṣṭhāśrama (°ṭha-āś°), as, m. the most excellent order or period in the religious life of a Brāhman, viz. that of a householder; ( as, ā, am ), being in that period. —Jyeṣṭhāśramin, ī, m. a Brāhman in the order of a householder. —Jye- ṣṭheśvara (°ṭha-īś°), am, n., N. of a Liṅga in Vārāṇasī. [ ID=19953 ]

### Proper Name/Epithet: A Deity or Divine Being (7 definitions)
- an epithet of a Shakti  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Śakti, Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi (Title) i, 8, 404 [ ID=80570 ]
- the Ganges  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Gaṅgā, L. [ ID=80571 ]
- An epithet of the Supreme Being.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठः (ṣṭhaḥ) 2 An epithet of the Supreme Being
- An epithet of the Ganges.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) 5 An epithet of the Ganges
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Jyeṣṭha 2 = Śiva (1000 names 1 ). [ ID=4946 ]
- an epithet of Vishnu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Jyeṣṭha 3 = Viṣṇu (1000 names). [ ID=4947 ]
- one of the Amitabha ganas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 1-654 ] Jyeṣṭha — one of the 20 Amitābha gaṇas. Vā. 100. 17. [ ID=5204 ]

### Seniority by Age/Rank: Eldest, Most Senior (Person/Wife) (7 definitions)
- eldest brother  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( Pāṇini (Author) v, 3, 62; ° ष्ठ (°ṣṭha) ) eldest, ( m. ) the eldest brother, Ṛg-veda (Title) iv, 33, 5; x, 11, 2; AV. &c. [ ID=80555 ]
- the eldest wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > f. the eldest wife, Manu-smṛti (Title) ix, 122 & 124 [ ID=80564 ]
- a preferred wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a preferred wife, L. [ ID=80565 ]
- Eldest or most senior.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 0519-b ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) a. ( Superl. of प्रशस्य (praśasya) or वृद्ध (vṛddha) ). 1 Eldest, most senior
- An elder brother  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठः (ṣṭhaḥ) 1 An elder brother; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 12. 19, 35
- An eldest sister.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) 1 An eldest sister
- greatest, or eldest brother  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 1-292 ] Jyeṣṭha, ordinarily meaning ‘greatest,’ has further the specific sense of ‘eldest’ 1 brother in the Rigveda. 2 It also means the eldest among sons, which is another side of the same sense. 3 [ Footnote: 1) With changed accent, jyeṣṭhá. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Grammar, p. 83, 14.] [ Footnote: 2) iv. 33, 5; x. 11, 2.] [ Footnote: 3) Av. xii. 2, 35; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 17; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 5, 3, 8, and cf. Jyaiṣthineya.] [ ID=1087 ]

### Superlative Adjective: Most Excellent, Pre-eminent, Best (6 definitions)
- Most excellent, pre-eminent, chief, or best.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 426,3] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) a mfn. ( Pāṇini (Author) v, 3, 61 ) most excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best, greatest, ( m. ) the chief, RV. &c. ( ifc. [ e.g. वचन - (vacana-), ‘best in speech’, Kāś. ] Pāṇini (Author) vi, 2, 25 ) [ ID=80552 ]
- more excellent than  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > more excellent than ( abl. ), Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 7205 [ ID=80553 ]
- what is most excellent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) n. what is most excellent, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 120, 1; AV. (also oxyt. ) [ ID=80559 ]
- Most excellent, best  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 0519-b ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) a. ( Superl. of प्रशस्य (praśasya) or वृद्ध (vṛddha) ). 2 Most excellent, best
- Pre-eminent, first, chief, highest  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 0519-b ] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) a. ( Superl. of प्रशस्य (praśasya) or वृद्ध (vṛddha) ). 3 Pre-eminent, first, chief, highest
- 1. The most excellent. 2. The first or head.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठं (ṣṭhaṃ) 1 The most excellent, the first or head

### Calendrical/Astronomical Term: Name of a Month or Specific Year (3 definitions)
- elder, superior, or chief  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > for ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha), VarBṛS.; Rājat. [ ID=80557 ]
- the eighth year in the twelve-year Jupiter cycle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the 8th year in the Jupiter cycle of 12 years, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) viii, 10 [ ID=80566 ]
- Name of a lunar month  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठः (ṣṭhaḥ) 4 N. of a lunar month (= ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha) q. v. )

### Zoological Term: Small House Lizard (3 definitions)
- a small house-lizard  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 426,3] ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) b ( आ (ā), L., ई (ī) ), f. a small house-lizard (also ज्यैष्ठी (jyaiṣṭhī), W. ), Tithyād. [ ID=80572 ]
- A small house lizard  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) 4 A small houselizard
- A small house-lizard  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठी (ṣṭhī) A small house-lizard

### Anatomical Term: Middle Finger (2 definitions)
- the middle finger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the middle finger, L. [ ID=80567 ]
- The middle finger.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) 3 The middle finger

### Astronomical Term: Lunar Mansion (Nakṣatra) (2 definitions)
- the sixteenth lunar mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 426,3] ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) a f. ( g. अजा (ajā) दि (di) ) the 16th (or accord. to modern reckoning 18th) lunar mansion (sacred to Indra), Atharva-veda (Title) xix, 7, 3 ( parox. ), Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title) iii, 1, 2; PārGṛ.; MBh. &c. (also pl. ) [ ID=80563 ]
- Name of the eighteenth lunar mansion  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) 2 N. of the eighteenth lunar mansion (consisting of the three stars)

### Material: Tin (Metal) (2 definitions)
- tin  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > tin, L. [ ID=80560 ]
- Tin  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठं (ṣṭhaṃ) 2 Tin

### Mythological Figure: Goddess of Misfortune (2 definitions)
- misfortune personified as the elder sister of Lakshmi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > misfortune (personified as the elder sister of Lakṣmī, Padma-purāṇa (Title) v; cf. ° ष्ठ - लक्ष्मी (°ṣṭha-lakṣmī) ), Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) i, 17, 32 [ ID=80569 ]
- The goddess of misfortune, elder sister of Lakshmi  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) 6 The goddess of misfortune, elder sister of Lakṣmī

### Proper Name: A Specific Person (2 definitions)
- a man's name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a man, Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 13593 [ ID=80558 ]
- a brahmin  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) [Printed book page 364-2 ] Jyeṣṭha 1, a brahman. § 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 349, I), 13593 ( sāmavedagataṃ dvijaṃ J°nāmābhivikhyātaṃ, obtained the cult of Nārāyaṇa from the Barhiṣads and communicated it to King Avikalpana). [ ID=4945 ]

### Abstract Noun: Life (1 definition)
- Life.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ष्ठः (ṣṭhaḥ) 3 Life

### Adverb: Most, Extremely (1 definition)
- most, extremely  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 426,3] ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) ( अम् (am) ), ind. most, extremely, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) i, 8, 1, 4. [ ID=80573 ]

### Geographical Name: A Place of Pilgrimage (Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara) (1 definition)
- See pushthapushkara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > with पुष्कर (puṣkara) See ° ष्ठ - प् ° (°ṣṭha-p°) [ ID=80562 ]

### Mathematical Term: Greatest Root (1 definition)
- greatest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in math. with पद (pada) or मूल (mūla) ) greatest (root [square root] extracted from the quantity operated upon) [ ID=80554 ]

### Mechanical Object: Ascending Bucket in a Water Machine (1 definition)
- the ascending bucket in a machine for raising water  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) m. ( scil. घट (ghaṭa) ) the ascending bucket (in a machine for raising water), Kuvalayānanda (Title) 46 [ ID=80556 ]

### Musical Instrument: A Kind of Stringed Instrument (1 definition)
- a kind of stringed instrument  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of stringed instrument [ ID=80568 ]

### Religious Object: Name of a Specific Liṅga (1 definition)
- an epithet of a Linga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Liṅga, Liṅga-purāṇa (Title) i, 1, 3 [ ID=80561 ]

### Ritual Term: Chanter of Jyeṣṭha Sāma (Jyeṣṭhasāmaga) (1 definition)
- fit for Shraddha feeding  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyeṣṭha sāmaga — fit for Śrāddha feeding. Vā. 83. 54. Vi. III. 15. 2. [ ID=5206 ]

### Ritual Term: Jyeṣṭha Sāma (Specific Vedic Chant) (1 definition)
- a hymn of the Sama Veda recited at the Shraddha or when installing an image  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyeṣṭha sāma — a sūkta of the Sāma Veda to be recited at the Śrāddha or in installing an image. M. 17. 38; 58. 36; 95. 30; 265. 27. [ ID=5205 ]

### Specific Noun Meanings: Elder Brother and Month Name (1 definition)
- 1. Elder brother. 2. Name of a lunar month.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) (II) m. 1. Elder brother, R. xii.19, 35; 2. name of a lunar month, (the same as ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha) q.v.). [ ID=14877 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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