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श्रेष्ठिन् (zreSThin)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
श्रेष्ठिन्
mfn.
 (-ष्ठी-ष्ठिनी-ष्ठि) Best, chief.
m.
 (-ष्ठी)
1. An artist eminent by
birth.
2. The head or chief of a body of persons following the same
trade or occupation, a president, a foreman.
E.
 श्रेष्ठ excellence, इनि
aff.
Capeller Eng
English
श्रेष्ठिन्
m.
 a man of high rank or the chief of a
corporation.
Yates
English
श्रेष्ठिन् (ष्ठी-ष्ठिनी-ष्ठि)
m.
 An artist
eminent by birth.
a. Best.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
adj.
 having the best
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
adj.
 chief
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
adj.
 best
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 warrior of high rank
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 eminent artisan
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 president or foreman of a guild
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 distinguished man
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 person of rank or authority
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 head or chief of an association following the same trade or industry
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 merchant
श्रेष्ठिन् zreSThin
m.
 president or foreman of a guild
Wilson
English
श्रेष्ठिन्
mfn.
 (-ष्ठी-ष्ठिनी-ष्ठि) Best, chief.
m.
 (-ष्ठी)
1 An artist eminent by birth.
2 The head or chief of a body of persons following the same trade or
occupation, a president, a foreman.
E.
 श्रेष्ठ excellence, इनि
aff.
Apte
English
श्रेष्ठिन् [śrēṣṭhin],
m.
 [श्रेष्ठं धनादिकस्त्यस्य इनि] The head or president of a mercantile or other guild
निक्षेपे पतिते हर्म्ये श्रेष्ठी स्तौति स्वदेवताम्
Pt.*
 1.14.
Comp.
 -चत्वरम् the part of a city where merchants live
स खलु श्रेष्ठिचत्वरे निवसति
Mk.*
 2.
Apte 1890
English
श्रेष्ठिन् m. [श्रेष्ठं धनादिकमस्त्यस्य इनि] The head or president of a mercantile or other guild
निक्षेपे पतिते हर्म्ये श्रेष्ठि स्तौति स्वदेवतां Pt. 1. 14.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
श्रेष्ठिन्
mfn.
 having the best, best, chief,
W.
श्रेष्ठिन्
m.
 a distinguished man, a person of rank or authority,
AitBr.
ŚāṅkhBr.
KauṣUp.
a warrior of high rank,
Jātakam.
श्रेष्ठिन्
m.
 an eminent artisan, the head or chief of an association following the same trade or industry, the president or foreman of a guild (also f(इनी). a female artisan
&c.
 ),
Hariv.
Kāv.
VarBṛS.
&c.
Monier Williams 1872
English
श्रेष्ठिन्, ई, इनी, इ, best, chief
(ई), m. an artist
eminent by birth, the head or chief of a company
following the same trade, a president or foreman of
a guild or corporation.
Macdonell
English
श्रेष्ठिन् śreṣṭh-in,
m.
 distinguished man 🞄(Br.)
head or president of a corporation or 🞄guild (C.).
Benfey
English
श्रेष्ठिन् श्रेष्ठिन्, i. e. श्रेष्ठ + इन्,
I.
adj.
 Best.
II.
m.
1. An artist emi-
nent by birth.
2. The head of a body
of persons following the same business,
Pañc. 234, 6
i. d. 14, read °ठी
Da-
śak. in Chr. 184, 12.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
श्रेष्ठिन्
वि* - श्रेष्ठं धनादिकमस्त्यस्य इनि
किसी व्यापारसंघ या शिल्पिसंस्थान का प्रधान या अध्यक्ष
L R Vaidya
English
SrezWin {% m. %} An artist of eminent birth, the head of a company of traders, स खलु श्रेष्ठिचत्वरे प्रतिवसति Mrich.ii.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Śreṣṭhin, n. of a householder of Śrāvastī: MSV 〔ii.127.20〕
〔139.6〕.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Śreṣṭhin (IE 8-3
CII 4
LL), a banker or merchant or
the foreman of a guild
sometimes mentioned in the list of the
king's officials and subordinates addressed by him while making
a grant (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIV, p. 276).
(BL), representative of the banker class in the council of
the local administrators of a town. Cf. Śeṭṭi, Nagara-śreṣṭhin.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
श्रेष्ठिन् ein best. hoher Kriegsmann, Jātakam. 20.
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: श्रेष्ठी
Root: श्रेष्ठिन्
Gender: पुं
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒ वैश्यवृत्तितः
Meaning(s):
⇒ Māhisya who gains his living like a Vaiśya
Shloka(s):
3|5|71|1 ► महानर्मा च मद्गुश्च स श्रेष्ठी वैश्यवृत्तितः। (भूमिकाण्डः/मनुष्याध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 3|5|71|1 ⇢ श्रेष्ठी (श्रेष्ठिन्) (पुं) ⇒ Māhisya who gains his living like a Vaiśya ⇒ वैश्यवृत्तितः
Related word(s):
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ माहिष्यः1
Vedic Reference
English
Śreṣṭhin occurs in several passages of the Brāhmaṇas, ^1
where the St. Petersburg Dictionary assigns to the word the
sense of ‘a man of consequence.’ It is, however, possible that
the word may already have the sense of the ‘headman of a guild, ’
the modern Seth.^2 There is a similar doubt in the use of
śraiṣṭhya, ^3 which is perhaps not merely ‘the foremost place, ’ as
usually assumed, but definitely ‘the presidency of a guild.’
Guilds are referred to in the Dharma Sūtras, ^4 and they play a
considerable part in the Buddhist texts^5 and the Epic.^6 But
the Vedic evidence is inadequate to afford ground for positive
assertion or denial of their existence or organization in Vedic
times.
1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 30, 3
Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, xxviii. 6
Kauṣī-
taki Upaniṣad, iv. 20. Bhaga is the
Śreṣṭhin of the gods, Taittirīya Brāh-
maṇa, iii. 1, 4, 10.
2) Cf. Hopkins, India, Old and New,
168 et seq.
3) Av. i. 9, 3 = Taittirīya Saṃhitā,
iii. 5, 4, 2 = Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, v. 6 =
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 4, 3. See also
for the word, Av. x. 6, 31
Aitareya
Brāhmaṇa, iv. 25, 8
vii. 18, 8
Tait-
tirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 8, 9, 1
Śatapatha
Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 7, 1, 1
Chāndogya
Upaniṣad, v. 2, 6
Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad,
ii. 6
iv. 15, 20, etc. The use of
śraiṣṭhya is, on the whole, not in favour
of the theory that it is a technical term.
4) Gautama Dharma Sūtra, xi. 20, 21,
etc.
Foy, Die königliche Gewalt, 14, n. 2,
etc.
5) Rhys Davids, Buddhist India, 88
et seq.
6) Hopkins, Journal of the American
Oriental Society, 13, 81 et seq.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
श्रेष्ठिन्
पु०
 श्रेष्ठं धनादिकमस्त्यस्य इति । १ शिल्पिवणिजांश्रेष्ठे जटा० “स हि श्रेष्ठिचत्वरे प्रतिवसतीति” मृच्छ-कटिकटीका ।
Capeller
German
श्रेष्ठिन्
f.
 ein angesehener Mann
Innungsvorsteher,
Gildemeister.