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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry श्रेष्ठ

  1. श्रेष्ठśreṣṭhaa.Best, most excellent, pre-eminent (with gen. or loc.).
    1. Best, most excellent, pre-eminent (with Genitive or Locative).
    2. Most happy or prosperous.
    3. Most beloved, dearest.
    4. Oldest, senior. ष्ठः A Brāhmaṇa.
    5. A king.
    6. Name of Kubera.
    7. Name of Viṣṇu.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ष्ठम्

      1. Cow's milk.
      2. Copper.
    • -अन्वय Adjective descended from an excellent family.

    • -अम्लम् the fruit of the tamarind.

    • -आश्रमः

      1. the best order of one's religious life, id est, that is that of a house-holder.
      2. a householder.
    • -काष्ठः Tectona Grandis (Marâthî साग). (-ष्ठम्) the main pillar of a house.

    • -वाच् Adjective eloquent.

    • -वेधिका musk.

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Headwords under श

Part 9 of 10 श्यै – श्लीपदिन्All parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्