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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agriya (अग्रिय).—a. [agre mavaḥ; agra-gha] Foremost, best &c.

-yaḥ An elder brother.

-yam The first fruits; the best part.

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Agrīya (अग्रीय).—a. [agre-bhavaḥ; agra-cha] Foremost, best &c.

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

Agriya (अग्रिय).—m.

(-yaḥ) An elder brother. mfn.

(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Chief, principal. E. agra and iya or īya aff. whence also agrīya.

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

Agriya (अग्रिय).—[adjective] the same, principal, best, excellent; [neuter] the best.

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

1) Agriya (अग्रिय):—[from agra] mfn. foremost, principal, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] oldest, first-born, [Ṛg-veda i, 13, 10]

3) [v.s. ...] m. elder brother, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] n. the first-fruits, the best part, [Ṛg-veda iv, 37, 4 and probably ix, 71, 4.]

5) Agrīya (अग्रीय):—[from agra] mfn. best, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] m. elder brother, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Agriya (अग्रिय):—I. m. f. n.

(-yaḥ-yā-yam) Chief, principal, best. Ii. m.

(-yaḥ) The first-born, an elder brother. See also agrīya and agrya. E. agra, taddh. aff. gha.

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Agrīya (अग्रीय):—I. m. f. n.

(-yaḥ-yā-yam) and Ii. m.

(-yaḥ) See agriya. E. agra, taddh. aff. cha.

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

Agriya (अग्रिय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Chief; elder. also agrīya

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context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Agriya (ಅಗ್ರಿಯ):—

1) [adjective] first in order of order or rank, prior.

2) [adjective] prominent, excellent.

3) [adjective] of, being at or relating to the tip or foremost part.

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Agriya (ಅಗ್ರಿಯ):—

1) [noun] an elder brother.

2) [noun] a leader; a guide; a person first in the rank or order.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Agriyavat.

Ends with: Dantagriya, Ishvagriya, Jagriya, Juhumagriya, Kushagriya, Tantvagriya.

Full-text: Agrya, Juhumagriya, Agriyavat, Akkiriyan, Tantvagriya, Agrimavati, Ishvagriya, Kushagriya, Kushagriyamati, Sampadin.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.13.10 < [Sukta 13]

Rig Veda 9.83.3 < [Sukta 83]

Rig Veda 9.71.4 < [Sukta 71]

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 367 - The class of words dependent on the substantives for their genders

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