मञ्जिष्ठ

See also: मञ्जिष्ठा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”)

Adjective

मञ्जिष्ठ • (mañjiṣṭha) stem

1. very bright, bright red (as Indian madder)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जिष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.