ṣreyas | ष्रेयस् | Sreyas
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | mfn. (either compar. of ṣrī | ष्री |, or rather accord. to native authorities of ṣrī-mat | ष्री-मत् | or praṣasya | प्रषस्य |; cf. Gk. κρείων) more splendid or beautiful, more excellent or distinguished, superior, preferable, better, better than (with abl. or with na | न | See below), RV. &c. &c.
most excellent, best, MBh. iii, 1256
propitious, well disposed to (gen.), ib. i, 3020
auspicious, fortunate, conducive to welfare or prosperity, Kāv.; Hit.; MārkP.
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | m. (in astron.) N. of the second Muhūrta
of the third month (accord. to a partic. reckoning)
(with Jainas) N. of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, L.
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | (as | अस् |), n. the better state, the better fortune or condition (sometimes used when the subject of a sentence would seem to require the masc. form), AV.; TS.; Br.; Kauś.
good (as opp. to ‘evil’), welfare, bliss, fortune, happiness, KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c.
the bliss of final emancipation, felicity (see ṣreyaḥ-pariṣrāma | ष्रेयः-परिष्राम |, col. 3)
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | ind. better, rather, rather than (used like varam | वरम् | [q.v.] with na | न |; e.g. ṣreyo mftaṃ na jīvitam | ष्रेयो म्फ़्तं न जीवितम् |, ‘better is death and not life’ or ‘rather than life’, or ‘death is better than life’), MBh.; R. &c.
= ḍarma | डर्म |, L.
N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.
most excellent, best, MBh. iii, 1256
propitious, well disposed to (gen.), ib. i, 3020
auspicious, fortunate, conducive to welfare or prosperity, Kāv.; Hit.; MārkP.
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | m. (in astron.) N. of the second Muhūrta
of the third month (accord. to a partic. reckoning)
(with Jainas) N. of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, L.
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | (as | अस् |), n. the better state, the better fortune or condition (sometimes used when the subject of a sentence would seem to require the masc. form), AV.; TS.; Br.; Kauś.
good (as opp. to ‘evil’), welfare, bliss, fortune, happiness, KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c.
the bliss of final emancipation, felicity (see ṣreyaḥ-pariṣrāma | ष्रेयः-परिष्राम |, col. 3)
ṣre/yas | ष्रे/यस् | ind. better, rather, rather than (used like varam | वरम् | [q.v.] with na | न |; e.g. ṣreyo mftaṃ na jīvitam | ष्रेयो म्फ़्तं न जीवितम् |, ‘better is death and not life’ or ‘rather than life’, or ‘death is better than life’), MBh.; R. &c.
= ḍarma | डर्म |, L.
N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.