jyā́yas mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 61 f.]; [vi, 4, 160]) superior, more excellent, greater, larger, stronger, [RV.] &c. (ifc. [e.g. vacana-, ‘superior in speech’, [Kāś.]] [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 25])
elder, [RV.] &c.
most excellent, [Ragh. xviii, 33]
(in law) being of age and answerable for one's conduct, [W.]