arya a. [ f-yat ] 1 Excellent, best. 2 Respectable. 3 Attached, true, devoted. 4 Dear, kind. — ryaH 1 A master, lord; aryaH premRA no taTA vallaBasya Śi. 18. 52 ; Śānti. 1. 18. 2 A man of the third tribe, Vaiśya. — ryA 1 A mistress. 2 A woman of the Vaiśya tribe. — ryI The wife of a Vaiśya. Comp. — jArA the mistress of an Ārya. — patnI the wife of a true or legitimate husband. — varyaH a Vaiśya of rank.