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Entry वरिष्ठ
वरिष्ठvariṣṭhaThe francoline partridge.
Derived forms and compounds
-ष्ठः
The francoline partridge.
The orange tree.
-ष्ठम्
Copper.
Pepper.
वरिष्ठvariṣṭha, Adjective
Best, most excellent, most distinguished or pre-eminent; अयं च पार्थो बीभत्सुर्वरिष्ठो ज्याविकर्षणे Mb.3. 35.12.
Largest, greatest.
Widest.
Heaviest.
Worst, most wicked; (superl. of उरुquod vide, which see).