ज्येष्ठ

Monier-Williams · jyeṣṭha
jyéṣṭha mfn. ( 5-3, 61) most excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief. best, greatest, (m.) the chief. &c. (ifc. [e.g. vacana-, 'best in speech' ] 6-2, 25) ‖ more excellent than (abl.) xiii, 7205 ‖ (in math. with pada or mūla) greatest (√square root extracted from the quantity operated upon) ‖ (cf. Pāṇ. 5-3, 62 ‖ ṣṭhá) eldest, (m.) the eldest brother iv, 33, 5 ; x, 11, 2 &c ‖ m. (scil. ghaṭa) the ascending bucket (in a machine for raising water) 46 ‖ for jyaiṣṭha ‖ N. of a man xii, 13593 ‖ n. what is most excellent x, 120, 1 (also oxyt.) ‖ tin ‖ N. of a Liṅga i, 1, 3 ‖ wi

विस्तृत संस्कृत–हिन्दी · adjective
वयसा अधिकः।; "रामः दशरथस्य ज्येष्ठः पुत्रः आसीत्।"