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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 8.
    agrayāna n. (-naṃ) Advancing before an army, for the purpose of defiance; military ardor or daring.

    E. agra and yāna going.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 7, col. 1.
    agra-yāna (naṃ) 1. n. Going before the
    army to defy or attack.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 15, col. 1.
    agrayāna Tatpur. n. (-nam) Advancing before an army, for

    the purpose of defiance. E. agra and yāna.

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

    p. 6, col. 2.
    agra—yāna n. stepping in front to defy the enemy.
    p. 1309, col. 1.
    the first vehicle, Buddh.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 7, col. 1.
    agrayāna

    n. (-naṃ) Advancing before an army, for the purpose of defiance;
    military ardor or daring.

    E. agra and yāna going.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 41.
    agrayāna (agra + yāna) n. das Hinaustreten vor das Heer in der Absicht den Feind herauszufordern H. 800.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 9, col. 3.
    *agrayāna n. das Hinaustreten vor das Heer in der Absicht den Feind herauszufordern.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 8, col. 1.
    agrayāna bei den Buddh. das zur Erkenntnis führende Hauptvehikel, Vajracch. 30, 6.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 66, col. 1.
    agrayāna na0 agre yānaṃ yasya yālyuṭ saṃjñātve'pyaṇatvam .
    purogāmini sainye . agragāmimātre tri0 .

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 5, col. 1.
    agrayāna, (1) best vehicle, = mahāyāna: Vaj 30.6;

    also °nin, see -yānin; (2) n. of a Bodhisattva: Gv 442.11.