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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आद्यādyaa.First, primitive, being at the beginning.

    [आदौ भवः यत्]

    1. First, primitive, being at the beginning.
    2. Being at the head, excellent, unparalleled, pre-eminent, foremost; योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् Bg.8.28;11.31;11.47;15.4. आसीन्महीक्षितामाद्यः प्रणवश्छन्दसामिव R.1.11.
    3. (At the end of comp.) Beginning with, and so on; see आदि.
    4. Immediately preceding; एकादशाद्यम् Śrut.27 immediately before the 11th, id est, that is 1th; so संयुक्ताद्यम् 2.
    5. Eatable (अद्ण्यत्); वयमाद्यस्य दातारः Praṣna Up.2.11; हितं च परिणामे यत्तदाद्यं भूतिमिच्छता Pt.4.22.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -द्याः Masculine (Plural) A class of deities.

    • -द्या

      1. An epithet of Durgā.
      2. The first day (तिथि) of a month.

    • -द्यम्

      1. The beginning.
      2. Grain, food.
      3. A kind of funeral obsequial ceremony (पितृश्राद्धभेद).

    • -कविः 'the first poet,' an epithet of Brahmā or Vālmīki; see आदिकवि.

    • -कालिक Adjective Seeing only the present (वर्तमान- मात्रदर्शिन्); आद्यकालिकया बुद्ध्द्ध्या दूरे श्व इति निर्भयाः Mb.12. 321.14.

    • -बीजम् the primary or material cause of the universe, which, according to the Sāṅkhyas, is प्रधान or the inanimate principle.

    • -माषकः a measure of five guñjas (about. 17 1/2 grains Troy).

    • आद्य ādya see under आदि.

    In the Gita8·2811·3111·4715·4

    योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥

    yogī paraṁ sthānamupaiti cādyam. — The fruits of meritorious deeds declared in the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and charitable gifts, the Yogin passes all these by having known this… 8·28
    • आद्यम्ādyamaccusative singular of the masculine form of the adjective ādya (the first).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आद्यādya[âd-yã] fp. to be eaten, eatable; n. food.
    1. [âd-yã] future participle passive to be eaten, eatable; neuter food.
    2. [âdya] adjective first: --˚, having as first=etc.
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  2. आद्यन्तādyanta[âdi ͜ anta] n. sg., m. du. beginning and end; --˚, a. beginning and ending with: -vat, a. having a beginning…

    [âdi ͜ anta] neuter singular, masculine dual beginning and end; --˚, adjective beginning and ending with: -vat, adjective having a beginning and an end.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आद्यādya1 (in comp.)
    1. 1 (in compound)
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender ([Pa1n2. 4-3, 54]) being at the beginning, first, primitive Ka1tyS3r. Hit. S3ak. etc.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' (Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedआदि quod vide) Mn. i, 50, 63, etc.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender immediately preceding (exempli gratia, 'for example' एकादशा*द्य, immediately before the eleventh id est the tenth), earlier, older
    5. mf(आ)neuter gender being at the head, unparalleled, unprecedented, excellent AV. xix, 22, 1 MBh.
    6. masculine gender plural a class of deities VP. iii, 1, 27 Hariv.
    7. masculine gender the earth Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender (for 2. आद्य्/अ see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order)
    9. mf(आ)neuter gender (√अद्), to be eaten, edible AV. viii, 2, 19
    10. neuter gender food
    11. neuter gender grain Lexicographers
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  2. आद्यकविādyakavim. "the first poet", N. of Va1lmi1ki वाल्मीकि (cf. आदि-कवि above) L.
    1. masculine gender "the first poet", Name of Va1lmi1ki वाल्मीकि (confer, compare आदि-कवि a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender confer, compare Ragh. xv, 41.
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  3. आद्यकालकādyakālakamf(इका)n. relating only to this day, MBh.

    mf(इका)neuter gender relating only to this day, MBh.

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  4. आद्यगङ्गाādyagaṅgāf. N. of a river.

    feminine Name of a river.

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  5. आद्यन्तādyantan. or औ du. pl. beginning and end, Veda1ntas. 200 La1t2y. &c.
    1. neuter gender or औ dual number plural beginning and end, Veda1ntas. 200 La1t2y. etc.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' beginning and ending with Mn. iii, 205
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  6. आद्यन्तयमकādyantayamakan. "homophony in the beginning and end of a stanza", N. of a figure in poetry (occurring in Bhat2t2. x, 21…

    neuter gender "homophony in the beginning and end of a stanza", Name of a figure in poetry (occurring in Bhat2t2. x, 21 S3is3. Kir. etc.)

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  7. आद्यन्तवत्ādyantavatmfn. "having beginning and end", finite Bhag. v, 22
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "having beginning and end", finite Bhag. v, 22
    2. indeclinable as if it were the beginning and the end Pa1n2. 1-1, 21.
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