Agraganya, Agragaṇya, Agra-ganya: 11 definitions

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Agraganya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Agraganya in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य).—a (S) corruptly agraṇya a Chief or principal; that leads, precedes, presides, conducts.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य).—a Principal; one that leads.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Agraganya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य).—a. [agre gaṇyate'sau] foremost, to be ranked first; शमनभवनयाने यद्भवानग्रगण्यः (śamanabhavanayāne yadbhavānagragaṇyaḥ) Mahān.

Agragaṇya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agra and gaṇya (गण्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य).—mfn.

(-ṇyaḥ-ṇyā-ṇyaṃ) Te be reckoned or considered as first or best. E. agra and gaṇya to be counted.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य).—[agra-gaṇya] (vb. gaṇ), adj. One who must be considered as the first, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 184, 8.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य):—[=agra-gaṇya] [from agra] mfn. to be counted or regarded as the foremost, principal.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ṇyaḥ-ṇyā-ṇyam) To be reckoned or considered as first or best. E. agra and gaṇya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agragaṇya (अग्रगण्य):—[agra-gaṇya] (ṇyaḥ-ṇyā-ṇyaṃ) a. Reckoned the first or best among others.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agraganya in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Agraganya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Agragaṇya (ಅಗ್ರಗಣ್ಯ):—[noun] the best or pre-eminent man; a pioneer.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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