prathama

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[apte] [prath-amac] (Nom. pl., m. prathame or prathamāḥ) 1 First, foremost; R. 3. 44; H. 2. 39; Ki. 2. 44. --2 First, chief, principal, most excel- lent or eminent, matchless, incom- parable; Śi. 15. 42; Ms. 3. 147. --3 Earliest, most ancient, primary. --4 Prior, previous, former, earlier; prathamasukṛtāpekṣayā Me. 17, R. 10. 67. --5 (In gram.) The first person (= third person according to Euro- pean phraseology). --maḥ 1...

[apte] See under prath.

[mw] mf (/A) n. (for pra-tama, superl. of 1. pra; rarely declined as a pron. e.g. m/asyāḥ AV. vi, 18, 1; me Pan5cavBr. xxv, 18, 5 R. iv, 37, 11 Kir. ii, 44; cf. Pa1n2. 1-1, 33) foremost, first (in time or in a series or in rank) 678,3 134505 mf (/A) n. earliest, primary, original, prior, former 678,3 134506 mf (/A) n. preceding, initial, chief, principal, most excellent RV. &c 678,3 134507 mf (/A) n. often translatable...

Root

√pratha प्रथ

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · prakhyāne

to become famous,to arise, to declare, to manifest,to publish, to expand the scope

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhidharmakosa Agnipurana Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Aitareyopanisad Amarakosa Amarusataka Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambagrhyasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astasahasrika Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhallatasataka Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharadvajasrautasutra Bharatamanjari Bijanighantu Bodhicaryavatara Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Caurapancasika Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Dhanurveda Divyavadana Drahyayanasrautasutra Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gherandasamhita Gitagovinda Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Goraksasataka Grhastharatnakara Hamsaduta Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Kadambarisvikaranasutramanjari Kalikapurana Kamasutra Kasikavrtti Kathakagrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Katharanyaka Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Kausikasutradarilabhasya Kausitakagrhyasutra Kausitakibrahmana Kavyalamkara Khadiragrhyasutra Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Krsiparasara Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Meghaduta Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Mundakopanisad Nadabindupanisat Naradasmrti Natyasastra Natyasastravivrti Pancarthabhasya Pancavimsabrahmana Parasaradharmasamhita Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Parasuramakalpasutra Rajamartanda Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasadhyaya Rasadhyayatika Rasahrdayatantra Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasaratnasamuccayabodhini Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasarnava Rasarnavakalpa Rasasamketakalika Rasatarangini Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rasendrasarasamgraha Rasikasamjivani Ratnatika Rgvedakhilani Saddharmapundarikasutra Samavidhanabrahmana Samkhyakarikabhasya Samkhyatattvakaumudi Samvitsiddhi Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Sarvadarsanasamgraha Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Sukasaptati Suryasiddhanta Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Syainikasastra Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Taittiriyopanisad Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Tantrasara Tattvavaisaradi Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vaisesikasutravrtti Vaitanasutra Varahagrhyasutra Vasisthadharmasutra Vatulanathasutravrtti Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogaratnakara Yogasutrabhasya atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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[prath-amac] (Nom. pl., m. prathame or prathamāḥ) 1 First, foremost; R. 3. 44; H. 2. 39; Ki. 2. 44. --2 First, chief, principal, most excel- lent or eminent, matchless, incom-...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 13
Texts Appeared In: 6

DCS: making all things equal or the same (said of time) | Monier-Williams: du. the first two cases and their terminations.

Semantic Classification

Communication

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Liṅgapurāṇa surface: prathamā

revatī prathamā ghorā sainyā līnā mahābalā
Vaiśeṣikasūtra surface: prathamā

prathamāśabdāt
Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti surface: prathamā

prathamāśabdāditi triḥ prathamām anvāha iti vākyam uccaritavināśitve śabdasya pr