| agra | अग्र | ágra mfn. (fr. √ aṅg, [Uṇ.]), foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best, [L.] |
| supernumerary, [L.] |
| ágra n. foremost point or part |
| tip |
| front |
| uppermost part, top, summit, surface |
| point |
| and hence, figuratively, sharpness |
| the nearest end, the beginning |
| the climax or best part |
| goal, aim |
| multitude, [L.] |
| a weight, equal to a pala, [L.] |
| a measure of food given as alms, [L.] |
| (in astron.) the sun's amplitude |
| n. (also) rest, remainder, [Līl.] |
| agram | अग्रम् | ágram ind. in front, before, ahead of |
| agrabhū | अग्रभू | agra—bhū mfn. being at the top, at the head of. |
| agraṇī | अग्रणी | agra—ṇī mfn. taking the lead, foremost |
| N. of an Agni, [MBh.] |
| agraga | अग्रग | agra—ga m. a leader. |
| agraha | अग्रह | a-graha mfn. = mukhya (Comm.), [MBh. iii, 14189]; [BR.] propose to read agra-ha, destroying the best part |
| (also) where no ladleful is drawn, [ĀpŚr.] |
| a-graha m. non acceptance, a houseless man i.e. a Vānaprastha, a Brāhman of the third class, [L.] |
| agrajā | अग्रजा | agra—jā f. an elder sister. |
| agra—jā́ mfn. first-born, [RV. ix, 5, 9.] |
| agraja | अग्रज | agra—ja mfn. (cf. jā́) born first or earlier |
| agra—ja m. the first-born, an elder brother, [Mn.] &c. |
| a Brahman, [VarBṛS.] &c. |
| agrapā | अग्रपा | agra—pā mfn. drinking first, [MBh.] |
| agrabhuj | अग्रभुज् | agra—bhuj mfn. having the precedence in eating, [TĀr.] |
| N. of the sun, [MBh.] |
| agraśas | अग्रशस् | agra—śás ind. from the beginning, [AV.] |
| agrajyā | अग्रज्या | agra—jyā f. sine of the amplitude, [Sūryas.] |
| agrasta | अग्रस्त | a-grasta mfn. not swallowed (said of sounds), [ChUp.] |
| agratas | अग्रतस् | agra—tás ind. See col. 3. |
| agratás ind. in front, before |
| in the beginning, first, [RV. x, 90, 7]; [VS.] |
| (with gen.) before, in presence of. |
| agravat | अग्रवत् | ágra—vat (ágra-) mfn. being at the top, [TS.] |
| agrabhāga | अग्रभाग | agra—bhāga (or agrāṃśa), m. fore part; (in astron.) degree of amplitude, [L.] |
| agrabhūmi | अग्रभूमि | agra—bhūmi f. a goal, [L.] |
| the top-floor (of a house), [Megh.] |
| agrabhaṇa | अग्रभण | a-grabhaṇá mfn. (√ grabh = √ grah), having nothing which can be grasped, [RV. i, 116, 5.] |
| agraṇīkṛ | अग्रणीकृ | agra-ṇī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to send before, [VP.] |
| agraṇīti | अग्रणीति | ágra—ṇīti (ágra-) f. the first offering, [RV. ii, 11, 14.] |
| agraśikha | अग्रशिख | agra—śikha mfn. having a pointed flame, [MBh.] |
| agrabīja | अग्रबीज | agra—bīja mfn. (said of plants) propagated by cuttings |
| agra—bīja m. a viviparous plant. |
| agrabodhi | अग्रबोधि | agra—bodhi m. N. of a king of Ceylon, [Buddh.] |
| agradātṛ | अग्रदातृ | agra—dātṛ mfn. offering the best bits (to the gods), [MBh.] |
| agradevī | अग्रदेवी | agra—devī f. a chief queen, [Bcar.] |
| agrahāra | अग्रहार | agra—hāra m. royal donation of land to Brāhmans |
| land or village thus given, [MBh.] |
| agrahaṇa | अग्रहण | a-grahaṇa n. not meaning, [Paribh.] |
| á-grahaṇa mfn. not afflicted by disease, [MaitrS.] |
| agrajāti | अग्रजाति | agra—jātaka or agra—jāti, m. a Brahman, [L.] |
| agrakāya | अग्रकाय | agra—kāya m. the fore part of the body. |
| agrakara | अग्रकर | agra—kara m. the fore part of the hand, finger |
| first ray, [Śiś.] |
| agranakha | अग्रनख | agra—nakha m. tip of a nail, [R.] |
| cf. nakhāgra. |
| agrapāṇi | अग्रपाणि | agra—pāṇi m. fore part of the hand |
| the right hand, [L.] |
| agrapāda | अग्रपाद | agra—pāda m. fore part of the foot, [Śiś.] |
| agrapāka | अग्रपाक | agra—pāka m. the firstlings of fruit, [KātyŚr.] |
| agrapūjā | अग्रपूजा | agra—pūjā f. highest act of reverence, [R.] |
| agrapeya | अग्रपेय | agra—peya n. precedence in drinking, [AitBr.] |
| agrasānu | अग्रसानु | agra—sānu m. the front part of a table-land, [L.] |
| agrasārā | अग्रसारा | agra—sārā f. a short method of counting immense numbers. |
| agrasūcī | अग्रसूची | agra—sūcī f. point of a needle, [Naiṣ.] |
| agrasara | अग्रसर | agra—sara mf(I)n. going in front, taking the lead. |
| agrasena | अग्रसेन | agra—sena m. N. of Janamejaya's son. |
| agrayāna | अग्रयान | agra—yāna n. stepping in front to defy the enemy. |
| the first vehicle, [Buddh.] |
| agrabhojya | अग्रभोज्य | agra—bhojya mfn. enjoying the best of anything, [MBh.] |
| agradharma | अग्रधर्म | agra—dharma m. high spiritual state, [Divyāv.] |
| agracchada | अग्रच्छद | agra—cchada n. the point of a leaf, [Viddh.] |
| agradānin | अग्रदानिन् | agra—dānin m. a degraded Brāhman who receives presents from Śūdras, or takes things previously offered to the dead, [BrahmaP.] |
| agragāmin | अग्रगामिन् | agra—gāmin mfn. preceding, taking the lead. |
| agragaṇya | अग्रगण्य | agra—gaṇya mfn. to be counted or regarded as the foremost, principal. |
| agrahasta | अग्रहस्त | agra—hasta m. = -pāṇi |
| the tip of an elephant's trunk, [Vikr.] |
| finger, [R.] |
| agrajaṅghā | अग्रजङ्घा | agra—jaṅghā f. the fore part of the leg, the shin-bone, [L.] |
| agrajihva | अग्रजिह्व | agra—jihvá n. tip of the tongue, [VS.] |
| agramāṃsa | अग्रमांस | agra—māṃsa n. the heart, [L.] |
| morbid protuberance of the liver. |
| agraparṇī | अग्रपर्णी | agra—parṇī f. cowage, Carpopogon Pruriens. |
| agratīrtha | अग्रतीर्थ | agra—tīrtha m. N. of a prince, [MBh.] |
| agrataḥkṛ | अग्रतःकृ | agrataḥ-√ kṛ to place in front or at the head, to consider most important. |
| agrayāvan | अग्रयावन् | agra—yā́van mfn. going before, [RV. x, 70, 2.] |
| agrayāyin | अग्रयायिन् | agra—yāyin mfn. going before, taking the lead |
| agra—yāyin m. a leader, [Śāk.] |
| agrayodhin | अग्रयोधिन् | agra—yodhin m. the foremost man or leader in a fight |
| a champion. |
| agradidhiṣu | अग्रदिधिषु | agra—didhiṣú m. = agre-didhiṣu, [TBr.] |
| agragaṇanā | अग्रगणना | agra—gaṇanā f. the reckoning or placing uppermost, [Naiṣ.], Sch. |
| agrahāyaṇa | अग्रहायण | agra—hāyaṇa m. ‘commencement of the year’, N. of a Hindū month (mārgaśīrṣa, beginning about the 12th of November). |
| agrajātaka | अग्रजातक | agra—jātaka or agra—jāti, m. a Brahman, [L.] |
| agrajanman | अग्रजन्मन् | agra—janman m. the first-born, an elder brother, a Brahman, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c. |
| a member of one of the three highest castes, [L.] |
| Brahmā |
| agralohitā | अग्रलोहिता | agra—lohitā f. a kind of vegetable, similar to the spinage. |
| agramahiṣī | अग्रमहिषी | agra—mahiṣī f. the principal queen, [R.]; [Jain.] |
| agranāsikā | अग्रनासिका | agra—nāsikā f. tip of the nose, [R.] |
| cf. nāsikāgra. |
| agrasaṃkhyā | अग्रसंख्या | agra—saṃkhyā f. (acc. with Caus. of sam-ā-√ ruh, ‘to put at the head’), [Ragh.] |
| agrasandhyā | अग्रसन्ध्या | agra—sandhyā f. early dawn. |
| agravaktra | अग्रवक्त्र | agra—vaktra n. N. of a surgical instrument, [Suśr.] |
| agraśrāvaka | अग्रश्रावक | agra—śrāvaka m. (and f(ikA) ) ‘chief disciple’, N. of some followers of Buddha, [MWB. 47] |
| agragrāsikā | अग्रग्रासिका | agra—grāsikā f. the claim or right to the first morsel, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 3], [Kāś.] |
| agrasaṃdhānī | अग्रसंधानी | agra—saṃdhānī f. the register of human actions (kept by Yama), [L.] |
| agrataḥsara | अग्रतःसर | agrataḥ-sara mf(I)n. going in front, taking the lead. |
| agranirūpaṇa | अग्रनिरूपण | agra—nirūpaṇa n. determining beforehand, prophecy. |
| agrapraśīrṇa | अग्रप्रशीर्ण | agra—praśīrṇá mfn. broken at the top, [ŚBr.] |
| agrapradāyin | अग्रप्रदायिन् | agra—pradāyin mfn. offering first, [MBh.] |
| agratalasaṃcāra | अग्रतलसंचार | agra—tala-saṃcāra m. a partic. posture in dancing, [Saṃgīt.] |
| agradravasaṃhati | अग्रद्रवसंहति | agra—drava-saṃhati f. the thin upper part of milk or curds, [L.] |