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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAgrya (अग्र्य):—(von agra) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 116] (vedisch), gaṇa śākhādi (agrya), [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 15.]
1) adj. f. ā . a) auf der Oberfläche befindlich: sarvarasāgryaṃ maṇḍam [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 396.] [?(vgl. Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 49:] sarvarasāgre maṇḍam). — b) an der Spitze stehend, vorzüglich, ausgezeichnet [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1439.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 30.] agrya [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 4, 3, 13.] [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 4, 4, 18.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 255. 4, 230. 8, 10.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 46.] tatra pūjāmavāpyāgryām [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 9, 54.] vāgbhiragryābhirabhituṣṭāva vai surau [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 12, 25.] ihāgryāṃ kīrtimāpnoti [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 166.] dṛśyate tvagryayā (scharf) buddhyā sūkṣmayā sūkṣmadarśibhiḥ [Kaṭhopaniṣad 3, 12.] agryo madhyo jaghanyaśca [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 30.] adhamā madhyamāgryā ca [12, 41.] In Verbindung mit einem gen. oder am Ende eines Comp. der erste, beste, vorzüglichste: sarveṣāṃ dhanajātānāmādadītāgryamagrajaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 114.] taddhyagryaṃ sarvavidyānām [12, 85.] adyāhaṃ putriṇāmagryaḥ jetzt bin ich der glücklichste der Väter [Vikramorvaśī 152.] dvijāgrya der erste unter den zweimal Geborenen, ein Brahman [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 35. 74. 183. 11, 3.] dhanurdharāgrya [Duaupadīpramātha 7, 12.] guṇāgrya = sattva [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 27.] Mit einem loc. ausgezeichnet, erfahren in einer Sache: agryaḥ sarveṣu vedeṣu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 184.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 219.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 12, 15.] —
2) m. ein älterer Bruder [Ramānātha] zu [Amarakoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. agriya und agrīya .
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Agrya (अग्र्य):—adj. der vorderste: agryadhurāyāṃ voḍhārau so v. a. vorn an der Deichsel [Pañcatantra 8, 16.] prāsādāgryāṇi (man hätte das m. erwartet) die schönsten Paläste [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 52, 38.] der frühere: gurumiva kṛtamagryaṃ karma saṃyāti daivam [Mahābhārata 13, 341.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAgrya (अग्र्य):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) an der Spitze stehend so v.a. vorzüglich , der vorzüglichste [91,21.98,17.130,30.] Mit einem Gen. oder am Ende eines Comp. der vorzüglichste , beste , erste unter — [66,7.97,12.] Mit. einem Loc. ausgezeichnet in Etwas. —
2) *m. ein älterer Bruder. —
3) *f. ā die drei Myrobalanen [Vaidyabhāṣya (roth) ]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Agryatapas, Agryavel.
Ends with: Aikagrya, Apragrya, Atmaikagrya, Candanagrya, Dvijagrya, Ekagrya, Gunagrya, Jagrya, Pragrya, Prasadagrya, Rathagrya, Samagrya, Sharagrya, Suragrya, Upagrya, Vaiyagrya, Vanecaragrya, Vanecharagrya, Vipragrya.
Full-text: Agga, Agryatapas, Dvijagrya, Ekagrya, Pragrya, Agriya, Vanecaragrya, Sharagrya, Gunagrya, Satyata, Dakshineya, Simhanadin, Agra, Panktipavana, Pravacana, Satkara, Adhama, Kirti, Dvija, Madhyama.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.184 < [Section IX - The Sanctifiers of Company]
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.1.340 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Śaivala-Jātaka < [I. Puṇyakriyāvastu consisting of generosity]
Avadāna of Koṭīviṃśa < [III. Recollection of the community (saṃgānusmṛti)]
I. Text of the list according to the Prajñāpāramitā < [Part 1 - Mahāyānist list of the eighteen special attributes of the Buddha]
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 45 - Vishnu’s Birth As a dwarf < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]