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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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
  
  Cow's milk.
  
  Copper.
- -अन्वय Adjective descended from an excellent family.
- -अम्लम् the fruit of the tamarind.
- -आश्रमः
  
  the best order of one's religious life, id est, that is that of a house-holder.
  
  a householder.
- -काष्ठः Tectona Grandis (Marâthî साग). (-ष्ठम्) the main pillar of a house.
- -वाच् Adjective eloquent.
- -वेधिका musk.
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अश्रेष्ठaśreṣṭhaa.Not the best, inferior, worse; bad, vile.

Not the best, inferior, worse; bad, vile.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

श्रेष्ठśreṣṭha[sré-shtha] spv. [srî] fairest, of (g.; V., E.), best, most excellent, highest, chief, of (g., lc., --˚; V.…

[sré-shtha] superlative [srî] fairest, of (genitive; Veda, Vedic, Epic), best, most excellent, highest, chief, of (genitive, locative, --˚; Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); superior, preferable, better, more excellent, than (ablative, genitive; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); neuter (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) best or chief thing; (sréshtha)-tama, superlative very best, most beautiful of all; -tâ, feminine; also equal for excel lence, pre-eminence; -sena, masculine noun of a king.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

श्रेष्ठśreṣṭhamf(आ)n. most splendid or beautiful, most beautiful of or among (with gen.) RV. AV. R.
1. mf(आ)neuter gender most splendid or beautiful, most beautiful of or among (with genitive case) fg-veda AV. R.
2. mf(आ)neuter gender most excellent, best, first, chief (neuter gender "the best or chief thing"), best of or among or in respect of or in (with genitive case locative case, or compound) fg-veda etc.
3. mf(आ)neuter gender better, more, distinguished, superior, better than (ablative or genitive case) Mn. MBh. etc.
4. mf(आ)neuter gender most auspicious or salutary VarBr2S.
5. mf(आ)neuter gender oldest, senior W.
6. masculine gender a king Lexicographers
7. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman Lexicographers
8. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु or Kubera कुबेर Lexicographers
9. masculine gender Name of a king Buddh.
10. masculine gender Hibiscus Mutabilis Lexicographers (probably wrong reading for लक्ष्मी-श्र्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
11. masculine gender a kind of root resembling ginger Lexicographers
12. neuter gender cow's milk Lexicographers
13. neuter gender copper Lexicographers
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अचलश्रेष्ठacalaśreṣṭham. chief of mountains.

masculine gender chief of mountains.

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अतिश्रेष्ठatiśreṣṭhamfn. superior to the best, best of all.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective superior to the best, best of all.

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अतिश्रेष्ठत्वatiśreṣṭhatvan. pre-eminence.

neuter gender pre-eminence.

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अश्रेष्ठaśreṣṭhamfn. not the best, inferior L.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not the best, inferior Lexicographers

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अहंश्रेष्ठिकाahaṃśreṣṭhikāf. id. L.

feminine the same Lexicographers

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इन्द्रश्रेष्ठindraśreṣṭha(/इन्द्र˚) mfn. having Indra इन्द्र as chief, led by Indra इन्द्र (cf. इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठ) S3Br.

(/इन्द्रthat the rest of a word is to be supplied) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having Indra इन्द्र as chief, led by Indra इन्द्र (confer, compare इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठ) S3Br.

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