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    agraja

    See also agrajaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 8.
    agraja m. (-jaḥ)

    1 An elder brother; the first-born.

    2 A Brahman. mfn. (-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) First-born or produced.

    E. agra first, ja who is born.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 7, col. 1.
    agra-ja (jaḥ) 1. m. An elder brother.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 14, col. 2.
    agraja Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-jaḥ-jā-jam) First-born or produced.

    II. m. (-jaḥ) 1 An elder brother; the first-born. 2 A Brahman.

    III. f. (-jā) An elder sister. E. agra and ja.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 4, col. 2.
    agraja agra-ja. I. adj., f. jā. First-

    born. II. m. 1. An elder brother, Man.

    3, 171. 2. A Brāhmaṇa, Man. 2, 20.

    — Comp. Gada-, m. the elder brother

    of Gada, a name of Kṛṣṇa.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 4.
    agraja a. first-born (also °jā́); m. eldest brother.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 6, col. 2.
    agra—ja mfn. (cf. jā́) born first or earlier
    ☞ p. 6, col. 2.
    agra—ja m. the first-born, an elder brother, Mn. &c.
    ☞ p. 6, col. 2.
    a Brahman, VarBṛS. &c.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 7, col. 1.
    agraja

    m. (-jaḥ)

    1. An elder brother; the first-born.

    2. A Brahman.
    mfn. (-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) First-born or produced.

    E. agra first, ja who is born.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 40.
    agraja (agra + ja)

    1) adj. erstgeboren: surāṇāmagrajo hi yat R. 1, 45, 24. tanayamagrajam 2, 12, 12. 5, 56, 12.

    — 2) m.

    a) ein älterer Bruder AK. 2, 6, 1, 43. TRIK. 3, 3, 226. H. 551. M. 3. 171. 9, 58. 114. bharatāgrajaḥ Bharata's älterer Bruder R. 1, 1, 37. 2, 1, 14. lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ 2, 21, 44.

    — b) ein Brahman H. 812.

    — c) ein Beiname Viṣṇu's HARIV. S. 927, ult.

    — 3) f. °jā eine ältere Schwester TRIK. 3, 3, 3.

    — Vgl. agrajanman, agrajā, agrajātaka, agrajāti .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 950.
    agraja

    2)

    b) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15, 25. DAŚAK. 172, 11.

    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1687.
    agraja n. etwa Spitze: surasāgraja SUŚR. 2, 294, 3. man könnte auch agraga der beste vermuthen.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 9, col. 2.
    agraja

    — 1) Adj. zuerst geboren.

    — 2) m.

    — a) ein älterer Bruder.

    — b) ein Brahman.

    — c) *eine Krähenart DRAVYAV.

    — 3) *f. ā eine ältere Schwester.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 3, col. 1.
    agraja erstgeboren; m. älterer Bruder.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 3, col. 1.
    agraja m. (e praec. et ja natus) primogenitus, frater natu

    maximus.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 58.
    agraja;
    agrajaḥ pūrvajo jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭho'varajo'nujaḥ .
    2.1.1.506

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 64, col. 2.
    agraja pu0 agre purastāt jāyate jana—ḍa . agrajāte
    jyeṣṭhabhrātari “jagādāgre gajāgrajam” iti māghaḥ .
    jyeṣṭhabhaginyāṃ strī . varṇeṣu madhye agrajātatvāt
    vipre .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 24, col. 2.
    Agraja = Viṣṇu (1000 names).

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 11.
    agraja (EI 23), the elder brother (or cousin); rarely

    used wrongly in the sense of ‘the eldest son’ (EI 9).