Agrasara, Agra-sara, Agrasārā: 13 definitions
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Agrasara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Agrasar.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryagrasara (अग्रसर).—a S See agrēsara.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishagrasara (अग्रसर).—a One who leads, manages, &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgrasara (अग्रसर).—= यायिन् (yāyin) taking the lead; आयोधनाग्रसरतां त्वयि वीर याते (āyodhanāgrasaratāṃ tvayi vīra yāte) R.5.71.
Agrasara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agra and sara (सर).
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Agrasārā (अग्रसारा).—[agraṃ śīrṣamātraṃ sāro yasyāḥ sā]
1) a sprout which has tips without fruits.
2) a short method of counting immense numbers.
Agrasārā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agra and sārā (सारा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAgrasārā (अग्रसारा).—a high number, or method of calculation (gaṇanā): Lalitavistara 148.19; Mahāvyutpatti 7986 (cited from Lalitavistara).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgrasara (अग्रसर).—i. e. agra-sṛ + a, adj., f. rī. First.
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Agrasāra (अग्रसार).—f. rā, a method of numbering, by which one may sum up the sand of a hundred Koṭis of Gaṅgā rivers, [Lalitavistara, (in Bibliotheca Indica.)] 141 (cf. Arcimedes' method).
Agrasāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agra and sāra (सार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Agrasara (अग्रसर):—[=agra-sara] [from agra] mf(ī)n. going in front, taking the lead.
2) Agrasārā (अग्रसारा):—[=agra-sārā] [from agra] f. a short method of counting immense numbers.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgrasara (अग्रसर):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-raḥ-rā or -rī-ram) Preceding, going before, a leader. E. agra and sara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgrasara (अग्रसर):—[agra-sara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Preceding.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAgrasara (अग्रसर) [Also spelled agrasar]:—(a);—[karanā] to forward; to move ahead;—[honā] to proceed, to go ahead; [agrasāraṇa] forwarding.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAgrasara (ಅಗ್ರಸರ):—[noun] = ಅಗ್ರೇಸರ [agresara]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAgrasara (अग्रसर):—adj. going ahead; preceding; leading; progressive;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Agra, Cara, Sara.
Starts with: Agrasarata.
Ends with: Pragrasara.
Full-text: Agrasarata, Pragrasara, Agrasar.
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