Adya a. [ AdO BavaH yat ] 1 First, primitive, being at the beginning. 2 Being at the head, excellent, unparalleled, pre-eminent, foremost; AsInmahIkzitAmAdyaH praRavaSCaMdasAmiva R. 1. 11. 3 (At the end of comp. ) Beginning with, and so on; see Adi . 4 Immediately preceding; ekAdaSAdyaM Śrut. 27 immediately before the 11th, i. e. 10th; so saMyuktAdyaM 2. 5 Eatable ( ad-Ryat ). — dyAH ( m. pl. ) A class of deities. — dyA 1 An epithet of Durgā. 2 The first day ( tiTi ) of a month. — dyaM 1 The beginning. 2 Grain, food. 3 A kind of funeral obsequial ceremony ( pitfSrAdDameda ). Comp. — kaviH ‘the first poet,’ an epithet of Brahmā or Vālmīki; see Adikavi . — bIjaM the primary or material cause of the universe, which, according to the Sāṃkhyas, is praDAna or the inanimate principle. — mAzakaH a measure of five gunjas (about 17.5 grains Troy).
Adya see under Adi .