===> [ agra ]1[ 'agra ] mfn. (fr. √ [ aGg ] Uṇ.), foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best L. (1) supernumerary L. (2) ([ A ]), f. [ scil. [ rekhA ] ] measure of amplitude (i. e. the distance from the extremity of the gnomon-shadow to the line of the equinoctial shadow) Sūryas (3) ([ am ]), n. foremost point or part (4) tip (5) front (6) uppermost part, top, summit, surface (7) point (8) and hence, figuratively, sharpness (9) the nearest end, the beginning (10) the climax or best part (11) goal, aim (12) multitude L. (13) a weight, equal to a pala L. (14) a measure of food given as alms L. (15) (in astron.) the sun's amplitude (16) ([ am ]), ind. in front, before, ahead of (17) ([ 'agreNa ]), ind. in front, before (without or with acc.) ŚBr. (18) ('agre), ind. in front, ahead of, in the beginning, first (19) further on, subsequently, below (in a book) (20) from - up to ([ A ]) ŚBr., before (in time) AitUp. &c. [ cf. Gk. ? ]