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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अग्ऱ्यagऱyaa.Foremost, best, choicest, most essential or important, highest, pre-eminent, first; तदङ्गमग्ऱ्यं मघवन्…
[अग्रे जातः, अग्र-यत्]

Foremost, best, choicest, most essential or important, highest, pre-eminent, first; तदङ्गमग्ऱ्यं मघवन् महाक्रतोः R.3.46.; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमहिषी 1.66; उपेयुषः स्वामपि मूर्तिमग्ऱ्याम् 6.73,8.28,14.19,18.39, Ku. 7.78, Ms.5.166,12.3; अद्याहं पुत्रिणामग्ऱ्यः V.5.14: also with Locative; अग्ऱ्याःसर्वेषु वेदेषु Ms.3.184.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ग्ऱ्यः An elder brother -ग्ऱ्यम् The roof of a house.
- -ग्ऱ्या The tree myrobalans. (Marâthî त्रिफळा) or a mixture of हिरडा, बेहडा, आंवळकाठी).
- -तपस् Name of a muni; Kathās.
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