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Apte Dictionary

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

प्राधान्यम्prādhānyam1 Pre-eminence, superiority, predominance, prominence.
1. 1 Pre-eminence, superiority, predominance, prominence.
2. Ascendancy, supremacy.
3. A chief or principal cause. (प्राधान्येन, प्राधान्यात्, प्राधान्यतः 'chiefly', 'especially', 'principally'; हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः । प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ॥ Bg.1.19.)
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