प्रथम [prathama] [प्रथ्-अमच्] (Nom. pl. m. प्रथमे or प्रथमाः)
First, foremost; मखांशभाजां प्रथमो मनीषिभिस्त्वमेव देवेन्द्र सदा निगद्यसे
[R.3.44;] [H.2.39;] [Ki.2.44.] First, chief, principal, most excellent or eminent, matchless, incomparable;
[Śi.15.42;] एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः प्रदाने हव्यकव्ययोः
[Ms.3.147.] Earliest, most ancient, primary.
Prior, previous, former, earlier; प्रथमसुकृता- पेक्षया
[Me.17;] नामधेयं गुरुश्चक्रे जगत्प्रथममङ्गलम्
[R.1.67.] (In gram.) The first person (= third person according to European phraseology).
मः The first (third) person.
The first consonant of a class.
(In math.) The sum of the products divided by the difference between the squares of the cosine of the azimuth and the sine of the amplitude.
-मा The nominative case.
-मम् ind.
first, firstly, at first; उमास्तनो- द्भेदमनुप्रवृद्धो मनोरथो यः प्रथमं बभूव
[Ku.7.24;] [R.3.4.] Already, previously, formerly; प्रथमोदितम् aforesaid; तमभ्यनन्दत् प्रथमं प्रबोधितः प्रजेश्वरः शासनहारिणा हरेः
[R.3.68.] At once, immediately.
Before; यात्रायै चोदयामास तं शक्तेः प्रथमं शरत्
[R.4.24;] उत्तिष्ठेत् प्रथमं चास्य चरमं चैव संविशेत्
[Ms.2.194.] Newly, recently, प्रथमम्-अनन्तरम् or ततः or पश्चात् first, afterwards; प्रथमात् firstly, for the first time; प्रथमतः
At first, firstly.
previously.
immediately.
before, in preference to (gen.) -Comp.
-अर्धः, -र्धम् the first half.
-आगामिन् a. a. first mentioned.-आदेशः placing at the beginning.
-आश्रमः the first of the four stages in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa;i. e. Brahmacharya; शरीरबद्धः प्रथमाश्रमो यथा
[Ku.5.3.] -इतर a. 'other than first', the second.
-उदित a. a. first uttered; उवाच धात्र्या प्रथमोदितं वचः
[R.3.25.] -उत्पन्न a. first-born.
कल्पः the best course to adopt.
an excellent suggestion or idea.
-कल्पित a.
first thought out.
first in rank or importance.
-कुसुमः white marjoran.
-गर्भः a. a. pregnant for the first time,-गिरिः the Eastern mountain; द्वित्रेषु द्युमणिकरेषु शेखरत्वं प्राप्तेषु प्रथमगिरिः प्रयाति सोऽयम्
[Rām. Ch.7.49.] first-born.
original, primary.
-दर्शनम् first sight.-दिवसः the first day; आषाढस्य प्रथमदिवसे
[Me.2.] नवनीतम् the butter which appears first after churning.
the milk of a cow at the time when hundred days have elapsed after her delivery.
-निर्दिष्ट p.p. p. p. p. first mentioned.
-पुरुषः the first person (= third person according to the English system of treating Sanskrit grammar); अथवा अस्तिर्भवतीतिपरः प्रथमपुरुषे प्रयुज्यमानोऽप्यस्तीति ŚB. on
[MS.11.2.2.] -मङ्गल a. a. highly auspicious.-यौवनम् early youth or age, youthful state.
-वयस् n. n. early age, youth.
-वसतिः the original home.
-वित्ता Ved. a first wife.
-विरहः separation for the first time.-वृत्तान्तः antecedents, former circumstances.
वैयाकरणः the most distinguished grammarian.
a beginner in grammer.
-श्री a. a. One who has just become rich or fortunate.
-श्रुत a. a. heard for the first time; न हि प्रथम- श्रुताच्छब्दात् कश्चिदर्थं प्रत्येति ŚB. on
[MS.1.1.6.] -साहसः the first or lowest of the three degrees of punishment or fine; पणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः
[Ms.8.138.] -सुकृतम् former kindness or service.
प्रथम [prathama] See under प्रथ्.