As a deity name
Name 891 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अग्रज · noun · masculine
जो भाई पहले जन्मा हो । बड़ा भाई । ज्येष्ठ भ्राता । अनुज का उलटा · पु नायक । नेता । अगुआ · ब्राह्मण — Śabdasāgara
अग्रज · adj
श्रेष्ट । उत्तम · आपै पैदा होनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
अग्रज · masculine
a male given name, Agraj, from Sanskrit
अग्रज · masculine
firstborn; elder brother
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अग्रज — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्रज (agraja).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
agra—ja mfn. (cf. jā) born first or earlier
agra—ja m. the first-born, an elder brother, Mn. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the first-born, an elder brother, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "agraja" is the vocative of "agrajā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
agra—ja mfn. (cf. jā) born first or earlier
agra—ja m. the first-born, an elder brother, Mn. &c.
a Brahman, VarBṛS. &c.
agraja m. (-jaḥ) 1 An elder brother; the first-born. 2 A Brahman. mfn. (-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) First-born or produced. E. agra first, ja who is born.
agra—jā f. an elder sister.
agra—jā mfn. first-born, RV. ix, 5, 9.
Alternative readings
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