a. [agre jātaḥ, agra-yat] 1 Fore- most, best, choicest, most essential or important, highest, pre-eminent, first; tadaṃgamagryaṃ maghavan mahākratoḥ R. 3. 46; ºma- hiṣī 10. 66; upeyuṣaḥ svāmapi mūrtimagryāṃ 6. 73, 8. 28, 14. 19, 18. 39, Ku. 7. 78, Ms. 5. 166, 12. 30, V. 5. 14: also with loc.; agryāḥ sarveṣu vedeṣu Ms. 3. 184. gryaḥ An elder brother gryaṃ The roof of a house.