ágra mfn. (fr. √aṅg Uṇ.), foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best L
• supernumerary L
• (ā), f. [scil. rekhā] measure of amplitude (i.e. the distance from the extremity of the gnomon-shadow to the line of the equinoctial shadow) Sūryas
• (am), 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
• (am), ind. in front, before, ahead of
• (ágreṇa), ind. in front, before (without or with acc.) ŚBr
• (ágre), ind. in front, ahead of, in the beginning, first
• further on, subsequently, below (in a book)
• from - up to (ā) ŚBr., before (in time) AitUp. &c. [Gk. ?]