गरिष्ठ

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gáriṣtʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gárištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂ús. Equivalent to गुरु (guru) +‎ -इष्ठ (-iṣṭha).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́.ɾiʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾiʂ.ʈʰɐ/

गरिष्ठ • (gáriṣṭha)

1. superlative degree of गुरु (gurú, “heavy”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • Śiva Tāṇḍava Stotram 12:

     स्पृषद्विचित्रतल्पयोर्भुजङ्गमौक्तिकस्रजोर्गरिष्ठरत्नलोष्ठयोः सुहृद्विपक्षपक्षयोः।
     तृणारविन्दचक्षुषोः प्रजामहिमहेन्द्रयोः समप्रवृत्तिकः कदा सदाशिवं भजाम्यहम्॥

     spṛṣadvicitratalpayorbhujaṅgamauktikasrajorgariṣṭharatnaloṣṭhayoḥ suhṛdvipakṣapakṣayoḥ.
     tṛṇāravindacakṣuṣoḥ prajāmahimahendrayoḥ samapravṛttikaḥ kadā sadāśivaṃ bhajāmyaham.

     When will I be able to worship that eternal shiva, with a feeling of equanimity towards snake and a garland, towards great gems and dirt or friends and enemies, or Towards a blade of grass and lotus like eyes, or emperor and ordinary men.