adjective (f. ~ā & ~ī) masculine, & kaniṭṭhā, feminine · kaniṭṭha 1 · kaniṭṭha 2
Kaniṭṭha (adjective) [Sanskrit kaniṣṭha; comparative and superlative; see kaññā] younger, youngest, younger born Vin III 146 (isi the younger); Ja II 6; Pv-a 42, 54; especially the younger brother (opposite jeṭṭha, °ka) Ja I 132; Dhp-a I 6, 13; Mhv 9, 7; Pv-a 19, 55. Combined with jeṭṭhaka the elder and younger brothers Ja I 253; sabba- k. the very youngest Ja I 395. feminine kaniṭṭhā the youngest daughter Dhp-a I 396. — figurative later, lesser, inferior, in °phala the lesser fruit (of sanctification) Pv IV 1 88 . — akaniṭṭha "not the smaller" i.e. the greatest, highest; in akaniṭṭhagāmin going to the highest gods (cf. parinibbāyin) S V 237 = 285, etc. °bhavana the abode of the highest gods Ja III 487.
(adjective) younger, youngest; especially (masculine) younger or youngest brother; (feminine) younger or youngest sister
(adj, adj) youngest; last born youngest, younger born
(masc, masc) youngest brother; youngest male sibling Construction: yuva > kana + iṭṭha