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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्रेयस्śreyasa.Better, preferable, superior; वर्धनाद्रक्षणं श्रेयः H.3.3; श्रेयान् स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात् ।…

    [अतिशयेन प्रशस्यम् ईयस्सु श्रादेशः]

    1. Better, preferable, superior; वर्धनाद्रक्षणं श्रेयः H.3.3; श्रेयान् स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात् । स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥ Bg.3.35;2.5.
    2. Best, most excellent, quite desirable; श्रेयो ह्यस्माकमेवं हि Māl.1.13.
    3. More happy or fortunate.
    4. More blessed, dearer (compar. of प्रशस्य quod vide, which see). -Neuter
    5. Virtue, righteous deeds, moral or religious merit.
    6. Bliss, good fortune, blessing, good, welfare, felicity, a good or auspicious result; पूर्वावधीरितं श्रेयो दुःखं हि परिवर्तते Ś.7.13; धिङ् मामुपस्थितश्रेयोऽवमानिनम् Ś.6; प्रतिबध्नाति हि श्रेयः पूज्यपूजाव्यतिक्रमः R.1.79; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.27;7.2; R.5.34.
    7. Any good or auspicious occasion; Ś.7.
    8. Final beatitude, absolution.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अक्षिकाङ्क्षिन् Adjective desiring bliss or welfare; न राज्ञः प्रतिगृह्णन्ति प्रेत्य श्रेयोऽभिकाङ्क्षिणः Ms.4.91.

    • -अर्थिन्

      1. Adjective
      2. seeking happiness, desirous of felicity.
      3. Wishing well.

    • -कर

      1. Adjective
      2. promoting happiness, favourable; किंचिच्छ्रेयस्करतरं कर्मोक्तं पुरुषं प्रति Ms.12. 84.
      3. propitious, auspicious.

    • -परिश्रमः striving after absolution.

    In the Gita1·312·52·72·313·355·112·12

    न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ।

    na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave, — Nor do I see any good in slaying my own people in battle; O Krishna, I desire not victory, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. 1·31
    • श्रेयःśreyaḥnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun śreyas (greater good). praśasya (more splendid or beautiful, superior, preferable).
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  2. अश्रेयस्aśreyasa.Not better, inferior, worse; अश्रेयान् श्रेयसीं जातिं गच्छत्यासप्तमाद्युगात् Ms.1.62.
    1. Not better, inferior, worse; अश्रेयान् श्रेयसीं जातिं गच्छत्यासप्तमाद्युगात् Ms.1.62.
    2. Worthless, useless. Neuter (-स्) Mischief, unhappiness.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्रेयस्śreyas[sré-yas] cpv. [fr. srî] RV.: more beautiful (rare); V., C.: better, prefer- able, superior, more excellent…

    [sré-yas] comparative [from srî] Rig-veda: more beautiful (rare); Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: better, prefer- able, superior, more excellent; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: more distinguished or illustrious; excellent, dis tinguished (rare); well-disposed to (genitive), propitious (rare): sreyân, masculine, generally sreyas, neuter (irrespective of the subject) -na, better than (like varam -na); neuter (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) better condi tion or fortune; welfare, good fortune, bliss.

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  2. अश्रेयस्aśreyas[a-sreyas] cpv. a. worse, inferior; n. misfortune.

    [a-sreyas] comparative adjective worse, inferior; neuter misfortune.

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  3. श्रेयस्करśreyaskara[sreyas-kara] a. (î) securing for tune or happiness, salutary: -tara, cpv. more conducive to happiness; -kâma…

    [sreyas-kara] adjective (î) securing for tune or happiness, salutary: -tara, comparative more conducive to happiness; -kâma, adjective desirous of welfare or happiness; -tva, neuter higher posi tion, pre-eminence.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्रेयस्śreyasmfn. (either compar. of श्री, or rather accord. to native authorities of श्री-मत् or प्रशस्य; cf. Gk. κρείων)…
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (either Comparative degree of श्री, or rather according to to native authorities of श्री-मत् or प्रशस्य; confer, compare Greek κρείων) more splendid or beautiful, more excellent or distinguished, superior, preferable, better, better than (with ablative or with न see below) fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective most excellent, best MBh. iii, 1256
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective propitious, well disposed to (genitive case) ibidem i, 3020
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective auspicious, fortunate, conducive to welfare or prosperity Ka1v. Hit. Ma1rkP.
    5. masculine gender (in astronomy) Name of the second Muhu1rta मुहूर्त
    6. masculine gender of the third month (according to to a particular reckoning)
    7. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) Name of the 11th Arhat अर्हत् of the present Avasarpin2i1 अवसर्पिणी Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Name of a deity of the Bodhi बोधि tree Lalit.
    9. neuter gender (अस्) the better state, the better fortune or condition (sometimes used when the subject of a sentence would seem to require the masc. form) AV. TS. Breton Kaus3.
    10. masculine gender good (as opp. to "evil"), welfare, bliss, fortune, happiness Kat2hUp. MBh. etc.
    11. masculine gender the bliss of final emancipation, felicity (see श्रेयः-परिश्राम, column 3)
    12. indeclinable better, rather, rather than (used like वरम् [quod vide] with न; exempli gratia, 'for example' श्रेयो मृतं न जीवितम्, "better is death and not life" or "rather than life", or "death is better than life") MBh. R. etc.
    13. indeclinable Equivalent to धर्म Lexicographers
    14. indeclinable Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr.
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  2. अश्रेयस्aśreyasmfn. (compar.) not the better, inferior Mn. x, 64 MBh.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Comparative degree) not the better, inferior Mn. x, 64 MBh.
    2. neuter gender (अस्) mischief. MBh. iii, 1195; v, 7079 Katha1s.
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  3. अश्रेयस्कaśreyaskamfn. fatal, noxious MBh. iii, 75.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective fatal, noxious MBh. iii, 75.

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  4. अहंश्रेयस्ahaṃśreyasn. claiming superiority for one's self ChUp. S3a1n3khS3r.

    neuter gender claiming superiority for one's self ChUp. S3a1n3khS3r.

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  5. उत्क्रान्तश्रेयस्utkrāntaśreyasmfn. abandoned by fortune Vait.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective abandoned by fortune Vait.

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