As a deity name
Name 517 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वरिष्ठा · noun · feminine
हलदी · हुरहुर नाम का पौधा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वरिष्ठा" is वरिष्ठ + -आ: वरिष्ठ means "senior, higher-ranked", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "वरिष्ठा" is वरिष्ठ + -आ: वरिष्ठ means "senior, higher-ranked", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(superl. of 2. vara) the most excellent or best, most preferable among (gen. or comp.), &c. &c. — feminine form of variṣṭha
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M1 · same meaning "variṣṭhā" is the feminine form of "variṣṭha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "variṣṭha" is derived from "var" with the iṣṭhan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
var 10 U. (va rayati-te, strictly caus. of vṛ, or vṝ of class 10) To ask for, choose, seek to get; see vṛ.
1. variṣṭha mfn. (superl. of uru, q.v.) widest, broadest, largest, most extensive, RV.; VS.; TBr.; R.
2. variṣṭha mf(ā)n. (superl. of 2. vara) the most excellent or best, most preferable among (gen. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. variṣṭha mfn. (superl. of uru, q.v.) widest, broadest, largest, most extensive, RV.; VS.; TBr.; R.
2. variṣṭha mf(ā)n. (superl. of 2. vara) the most excellent or best, most preferable among (gen. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
var 10 U. (va rayati-te, strictly caus. of vṛ, or vṝ of class 10) To ask for, choose, seek to get; see vṛ.
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