English Meaning of jyesthakanistha

Meaning of 'jyesthakanistha'

f (S) The two sisters, the elder and the younger Fortune, laksmi & alaksmi, whom the ocean turned up during the churning of it by the gods and titans. The learned correct this popular misapprehension by instructing us that not two Fortunes came up, but laksmi only, whose name jyestha (elder) became, after her marriage to visnu, kanistha (younger). 2 A vrata or observance in honor of these sisters held in bhadrapradasuddha.

Meaning of ज्येष्ठाकनिष्ठा

f (S) The two sisters, the elder and the younger Fortune, लक्ष्मी & अलक्ष्मी, whom the ocean turned up during the churning of it by the gods and titans. The learned correct this popular misapprehension by instructing us that not two Fortunes came up, but लक्ष्मी only, whose name ज्येष्ठा (elder) became, after her marriage to विष्णु, कनिष्ठा (younger). 2 A व्रत or observance in honor of these sisters held in भाद्रप्रदशुद्ध.

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