smallest possible, permissible or reached; that is minimum; ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಪಕ್ಷ kaniṣṭha pakṣa at the very lowest figure or amount; at least.

a man of low grade, status or quality.

a younger brother.

= (correctly) ಕನಿಷ್ಠ1.

the state of being compact, dense.

a woman of lowest status, rank, position or importance.

a youngest woman or girl.

one's younger brotheṛs wife.

one's youngest wife.

the smallest of the fingers; the little finger.

(rhet.) (in a drama) the last of the heroines (in importance, rank, etc.).

a behaving like a monkey; apish behaviour.

a crooked, perverse behaviour; perversion.