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agra

Dictionary Definition: 

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. ?]

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