[śī-ac] 1 Excess, pre- eminence excellence; vīryaº R. 3. 62; mahimnāṃ… atiśayaḥ U. 4. 21; tasmin vidhā- nātiśaye vidhātuḥ R. 6. 11 excellence, highest perfection of art.

2 Supe- riority (in quality, rank, quanti- ty &c.); mahārghastīrthānāmiva hi mahatāṃ kopyatiśayaḥ U. 6. 11; oft in comp. with adjectives, in the sense of ‘exceedingly’, ‘excessively’; ºramaṇīyaḥ Mu. 3; āsīdatiśayaprekṣyaḥ R. 17. 25;...