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    akaniṣṭha

    See also akaniṣṭhaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2.
    akaniṣṭha m. (-ṣṭhaḥ) A deified saint according to the Bauddhas. mfn. (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) Elder, superior.

    E. a priv. and kaniṣṭha youngest.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 1.
    a-kaniṣṭha (ṣṭhaḥ) 1. m. An elder.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 2.
    akaniṣṭha Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭham) Not the youngest.

    II. m. (-ṣṭhaḥ) A deified saint according to the Bauddhas.

    E. a neg. and kaniṣṭha.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    akaniṣṭha a-kaniṣṭha, as, ā, am, not the

    youngest; elder, superior; (as), m. a deified Buddhist

    saint, Buddha. —Akaniṣṭha-ga, as, m. Buddha.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 3, col. 1.
    akaniṣṭha a. Not the youngest (such as eldest, middle); elder, superior.

    — ṣṭhaḥ [ake vedaniṃdārūpe pāpe niṣṭhā yasya saḥ] N. of Buddha Gautama; of a deified Buddhist saint (pl. in this latter sense.)

    Comp.

    — paḥ (gaḥ also) [akaniṣṭhān buddhān pātīti; pā-ka.] N. of Buddha, lord of Buddhists.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 1.
    ákaniṣṭha a. pl. having no youngest (brother), equal in age or strength.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 1, col. 1.
    akaniṣṭha á-kaniṣṭha, m. pl. without a youngest,
    equally young.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 1, col. 3.
    á-kaniṣṭha m. pl. of whom none is the youngest (i.e. younger than the others), RV.
    ☞ p. 1, col. 3.
    a class of Buddhist deities.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 1.
    akaniṣṭha

    m. (-ṣṭhaḥ) A deified saint according to the Bauddhas.

    mfn.
    (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) Elder, superior.

    E. a priv. and kaniṣṭha youngest.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 3.
    akaniṣṭha a. Not the youngest (such as eldest, middle); elder, superior. -ṣṭhaḥ N. of Buddha Gautama; of a deified Buddhist saint (pl. in this latter sense.) cf. bahūni śata- sahasrāṇi yāvadakaniṣṭhānāṃ saṃnipatitānyabhūvan | Lv. -Comp. -paḥ (gaḥ also) [akaniṣṭhān buddhān pātīti; pā-ka.] N. of Buddha, lord of Buddhists.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 5, col. 1.
    akaniṣṭha akaniṣṭha m. Bd. le 23e ordre de saints, ceux qui habitent le 8c ciel de la contemplation.

    aîné; supérieur.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 7.
    ákaniṣṭha (3. a + kaniṣṭha)

    1) adj. nicht der jüngste, ein Beiwort der Marut's: te âjyèṣṭhā akâniṣṭhāsa ùdbhido 'mâdhyamāsò mahâsā̀ vi vā̂vṛdhuḥ ṚV. 5, 59, 6. àjyèṣṭhāsò akâniṣṭhāsa ète diese, von denen keiner der älteste, keiner der jüngste ist 5, 60, 5.

    — 2) m. pl. eine Klasse von Göttern bei den Buddhisten BURN. Intr. I,184, N. 1. 202. 616.

    — 3) m. sg. Buddha, ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 3.
    á-kaniṣṭha, a., keinen Jüngsten [kániṣṭha] habend, d. h. von denen keiner der Jüngste ist, Beiname der Maruts, neben ajyeṣṭhá.

    -āsas {413,6}; {414,5}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 1, col. 3.
    ákaniṣṭha

    — 1) Adj. Pl. von denen keiner der jüngste ist.

    — 2) m. Pl. eine best. Klasse von Gütern (bei den Buddhisten).

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 1, col. 1.
    ákaniṣṭha m. Pl. ohne Jüngsten, gleich jung.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 38, col. 1.
    akaniṣṭha pu0 ake vedanindārūpe pāpe niṣṭhā'sya . buddhe .
    na0 ta0 . kaniṣṭhabhinne jyeṣṭhe madhyamādau ca tri0 .

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    akaniṣṭha (= Pali akaniṭṭha; see also aghaniṣṭha),

    (1) n. of the fifth and highest class of the Śuddhāvāsakāyika

    gods (see deva), and (2) sg., n. of the region where they

    live (Bbh 61.4 yāvad akaniṣṭhād; but more normally

    yavad akaniṣṭhabhavanam, Divy 162.16, or the like).

    They dwell brahmaloke SP 359.1. Often mentioned alone

    as the highest of the ‘form’ (rūpāvacara) gods, as also

    in the lists of classes of gods: Mvy 3106; Dharmas 128;

    LV 47.1; 150.11; 227.2; 266.8; 342.18; Mv i.266.3, 7;

    ii.314.3, 9; 319.7; 349.2; iii.139.3; Divy 68.17; 367.14;

    Av. i.5.4; ii.105.11; RP 6.16; Mmk 19.10; 69.7; Bbh 69.19;

    360.26; Sukh 64.11. Sometimes in sg. of a single member

    of the class, LV 44.13.