jyezWa a. ( Superl. of praSasya or vfdDa ). 1 Eldest, most senior. 2 Most excellent, best. 3 Pre-eminent, first, chief, highest. — zWaH 1 An elder brother; R. 12. 19 , 35. 2 An epithet of the Supreme Being. 3 Life. 4 N. of a lunar month (= jyEzWa q. v. ). — zWA 1 An eldest sister. 2 N. of the eighteenth lunar mansion (consisting of the three stars). 3 The middle finger. 4 A small houselizard. 5 An epithet of the Ganges. 6 The goddess of misfortune, elder sister of Lakṣmī. — zWI A small house-lizard. — zWaM 1 The most excellent, the first or head. 2 Tin. Comp. — aMSaH 1 eldest brother's share. 2 the right of the eldest brother to a larger share of the patrimonial property. 3 the best share. — aMbu n. 1 water in which grain has been washed. 2 the scum of boild rice. — ASramaH 1 the highest or most excellent order in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; i. e. that of a householder. 2 a householder. — tAtaH a father's eldest brother. — tAtiH f. Ved. superiority. — varRaH 1 the highest caste (that of Brāhmaṇas). 2 a Brāhmaṇa. — vfttiH f. the duties of seniority. — SvaSrUH f. 1 a wife's eldest sister. 2 the eldest mother-in-law.