As a deity name
Name 419 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
परमेष्ठी · noun · masculine
ब्रह्मा, अग्नि, आदि देवता · विष्णु · शिव — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "परमेष्ठी" is परमेष्ठ + -ई: परमेष्ठ means "चतुर्मुख ब्रह्मा । प्रजापति (शुक्ल यजु॰)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "परमेष्ठी" is परमेष्ठ + -ई: परमेष्ठ means "चतुर्मुख ब्रह्मा । प्रजापति (शुक्ल यजु॰)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "परमेष्ठी" is परमेष्ठ + -ई: परमेष्ठ means "चतुर्मुख ब्रह्मा । प्रजापति (शुक्ल यजु॰)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a son of Pr˚
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "parameṣṭhī" is the nominative of "parameṣṭhin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "parameṣṭhī" is the nominative dual of "parameṣṭhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
parame—ṣṭhin mfn. standing at the head, highest, chief, principal, AV. &c. &c.
parame—ṣṭhin m. N. of any supreme being, of Agni, AV.
parame—ṣṭhi m. a superior or a chief god of the Jainas, Śatr.
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