Please consider activating JavaScript!
Occurrences
Aitareya-Āraṇyaka
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Atharvaveda (Śaunaka)
Baudhāyanadharmasūtra
Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad
Chāndogyopaniṣad
Gautamadharmasūtra
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra
Gopathabrāhmaṇa
Jaiminigṛhyasūtra
Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa
Kauśikasūtra
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa
Kaṭhopaniṣad
Kāṭhakasaṃhitā
Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā
Mānavagṛhyasūtra
Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra
Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa
Taittirīyasaṃhitā
Taittirīyāraṇyaka
Vaitānasūtra
Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina)
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra
Āpastambadharmasūtra
Āpastambaśrautasūtra
Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra
Āśvālāyanaśrautasūtra
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa
Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra
Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka
Ṛgveda
Arthaśāstra
Avadānaśataka
Aṣṭasāhasrikā
Buddhacarita
Carakasaṃhitā
Lalitavistara
Mahābhārata
Manusmṛti
Rāmāyaṇa
Saundarānanda
Saṅghabhedavastu
Śira'upaniṣad
Agnipurāṇa
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā
Bodhicaryāvatāra
Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
Divyāvadāna
Harivaṃśa
Kāmasūtra
Kātyāyanasmṛti
Kāvyālaṃkāra
Kūrmapurāṇa
Liṅgapurāṇa
Matsyapurāṇa
Nāradasmṛti
Nāṭyaśāstra
Pañcārthabhāṣya
Suśrutasaṃhitā
Vaikhānasadharmasūtra
Viṣṇupurāṇa
Viṣṇusmṛti
Yājñavalkyasmṛti
Ṛtusaṃhāra
Ayurvedarasāyana
Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Bhāratamañjarī
Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu
Garuḍapurāṇa
Hitopadeśa
Kālikāpurāṇa
Kṛṣiparāśara
Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava
Madanapālanighaṇṭu
Mātṛkābhedatantra
Mṛgendratantra
Mṛgendraṭīkā
Nibandhasaṃgraha
Nighaṇṭuśeṣa
Rasahṛdayatantra
Rasamañjarī
Rasaprakāśasudhākara
Rasaratnasamuccaya
Rasaratnākara
Rasendracintāmaṇi
Rasendracūḍāmaṇi
Rasendrasārasaṃgraha
Rasādhyāya
Rasārṇava
Ratnadīpikā
Rājanighaṇṭu
Sarvāṅgasundarā
Skandapurāṇa
Ānandakanda
Āyurvedadīpikā
Śukasaptati
Śyainikaśāstra
Śārṅgadharasaṃhitādīpikā
Bhāvaprakāśa
Dhanurveda
Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā
Gokarṇapurāṇasāraḥ
Gūḍhārthadīpikā
Haribhaktivilāsa
Haṭhayogapradīpikā
Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu
Mugdhāvabodhinī
Rasakāmadhenu
Rasaratnasamuccayabodhinī
Rasaratnasamuccayadīpikā
Rasaratnasamuccayaṭīkā
Rasasaṃketakalikā
Rasārṇavakalpa
Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa)
Sātvatatantra
Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra
Yogaratnākara
Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra
Aitareya-Āraṇyaka
AĀ, 1, 3, 3, 7.0 yad eṣāṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ yad aripram āsīd ity etaddhyeva śreṣṭham etad aripram //
AĀ, 1, 3, 3, 7.0 yad eṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yad aripram āsīd ity etaddhyeva
śreṣṭham etad aripram //
AĀ, 1, 3, 6, 7.0 yad eṣāṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ yad aripram āsīd ity etaddhyeva śreṣṭham etad aripram //
AĀ, 1, 3, 6, 7.0 yad eṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yad aripram āsīd ity etaddhyeva
śreṣṭham etad aripram //
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa
AB, 1, 5, 25.0 vi sveṣu rājati
śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati ya evaṃ veda //
AB, 1, 9, 7.0 svasti naḥ pathyāsu dhanvasu svastir iddhi prapathe
śreṣṭheti pathyāyāḥ svastes triṣṭubhāv agne naya supathā rāye asmān ā devānām api panthām aganmety agnes triṣṭubhau tvaṃ soma pra cikito manīṣā yā te dhāmāni divi yā pṛthivyām iti somasya triṣṭubhāv ā viśvadevaṃ satpatiṃ ya imā viśvā jātānīti savitur gāyatryau sutrāmāṇam pṛthivīṃ dyām anehasam mahīm ū ṣu mātaraṃ suvratānām ity aditer jagatyau //
AB, 1, 13, 11.0 yo vai bhavati yaḥ
śreṣṭhatām aśnute sa kilbiṣam bhavati //
AB, 2, 1, 9.0 jyotiḥ sveṣu bhavati
śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati ya evaṃ veda //
AB, 2, 12, 11.0 svadharman devavītaye
śreṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vāryam ity āśiṣam āśāste //
AB, 2, 12, 13.0 ṛṣiḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ sam idhyase yajñasya prāvitā bhaveti yajñasamṛddhim āśāste //
AB, 2, 15, 8.0 mahati rātryā anūcyaḥ sarvasyai vācaḥ sarvasya brahmaṇaḥ parigṛhītyai yo vai bhavati yaḥ
śreṣṭhatām aśnute tasya vācam proditām anupravadanti tasmān mahati rātryā anūcyaḥ //
AB, 2, 22, 9.0 mukhaṃ sveṣu bhavati
śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati ya evaṃ veda //
AB, 2, 24, 10.0 etāsām eva tad devatānāṃ yajamānaṃ sāyujyaṃ sarūpatāṃ salokatāṃ gamayati gacchati śreyasaḥ sāyujyaṃ gacchati
śreṣṭhatāṃ ya evaṃ veda //
AB, 3, 13, 3.0 agriyo mukhyo bhavati
śreṣṭhatām aśnute ya evaṃ veda //
AB, 3, 21, 2.0 sa mahān bhūtvā devatā abravīd uddhāram ma uddharateti yathāpy etarhīcchati yo vai bhavati yaḥ
śreṣṭhatām aśnute sa mahān bhavati taṃ devā abruvan svayam eva brūṣva yat te bhaviṣyatīti sa etam māhendraṃ graham abrūta mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanānāṃ niṣkevalyam ukthānāṃ triṣṭubhaṃ chandasām pṛṣṭhaṃ sāmnāṃ tam asmā uddhāram udaharan //
AB, 3, 23, 3.0 yo vai bhavati yaḥ
śreṣṭhatām aśnute sa sāman bhavaty asāmanya iti hi nindanti //
AB, 3, 27, 1.0 sā yad dakṣiṇena padā samagṛbhṇāt tat prātaḥsavanam abhavat tad gāyatrī svam āyatanam akuruta tasmāt tat samṛddhatamaṃ manyante sarveṣāṃ savanānām agriyo mukhyo bhavati
śreṣṭhatām aśnute ya evaṃ vedātha yat savyena padā samagṛbhṇāt tan mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam abhavat tad visraṃsata tad visrastaṃ nānvāpnot pūrvaṃ savanaṃ te devāḥ prājijñāsanta tasmiṃs triṣṭubhaṃ chandasām adadhur indraṃ devatānāṃ tena tat samāvadvīryam abhavat pūrveṇa savanenobhābhyāṃ savanābhyāṃ samāvadvīryābhyāṃ samāvajjāmībhyāṃ rādhnoti ya evaṃ vedātha yan mukhena samagṛbhṇāt tat tṛtīyasavanam abhavat //
AB, 4, 22, 2.0 tad āhur viṣuvaty evaitad ahaḥ śaṃsed viṣuvān vā etad ukthānām ukthaṃ viṣuvān viṣuvān iti ha viṣuvanto bhavanti
śreṣṭhatām aśnuvata iti //
AB, 4, 25, 6.0 jyeṣṭhayajño vā eṣa yad dvādaśāhaḥ sa vai devānāṃ jyeṣṭho ya etenāgre 'yajata
śreṣṭhayajño vā eṣa yad dvādaśāhaḥ sa vai devānāṃ śreṣṭho ya etenāgre 'yajata //
AB, 4, 25, 6.0 jyeṣṭhayajño vā eṣa yad dvādaśāhaḥ sa vai devānāṃ jyeṣṭho ya etenāgre 'yajata śreṣṭhayajño vā eṣa yad dvādaśāhaḥ sa vai devānāṃ
śreṣṭho ya etenāgre 'yajata //
AB, 4, 25, 7.0 jyeṣṭhaḥ
śreṣṭho yajeta kalyāṇīha samā bhavati na pāpaḥ puruṣo yājyo dvādaśāhena ned ayam mayi pratitiṣṭhād iti //
AB, 4, 25, 9.0 tiṣṭhante 'smai svā jyaiṣṭhyāya śraiṣṭhyāya sam asmin svāḥ
śreṣṭhatāyāṃ jānate ya evaṃ veda //
AB, 5, 13, 11.0 kim u
śreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ yaviṣṭho na ājagann upa no vājā adhvaram ṛbhukṣā ity ārbhavaṃ nārāśaṃsaṃ trivat ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam //
AB, 7, 17, 6.0 sa hovāca śunaḥśepaḥ sa vai yathā no jñapayā rājaputra tathā vada yathaivāṅgirasaḥ sann upeyāṃ tava putratām iti sa hovāca viśvāmitro jyeṣṭho me tvam putrāṇāṃ syās tava
śreṣṭhā prajā syāt upeyā daivam me dāyaṃ tena vai tvopamantraya iti //
AB, 7, 20, 3.0 sa yad ahar dīkṣiṣyamāṇo bhavati tad ahaḥ pūrvāhṇa evodyantam ādityam upatiṣṭhetedam
śreṣṭhaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotir uttamam deva savitar devayajanam me dehi devayajanaṃ iti devayajanaṃ yācati //
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
AVP, 1, 78, 1.2 śreṣṭhe no vasavo dhatta dhāmni mā radhāma dviṣate mo arātaye //
Atharvaveda (Śaunaka)
AVŚ, 7, 31, 1.1 indrotibhir bahulābhir no adya
yāvacchreṣṭhābhir maghavañchūra jinva /
AVŚ, 7, 73, 7.2 śreṣṭhaṃ savaṃ savitā sāviṣan no 'bhīddho gharmas tad u ṣu pra vocat //
AVŚ, 9, 10, 4.2 śreṣṭhaṃ savaṃ savitā sāviṣan no 'bhīddho gharmas tad u ṣu pra vocat //
AVŚ, 18, 4, 86.1 ye 'tra pitaraḥ pitaro ye 'tra yūyaṃ stha yuṣmāṃs te 'nu yūyaṃ teṣāṃ
śreṣṭhā bhūyāstha //
Baudhāyanadharmasūtra
Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra
BaudhGS, 3, 4, 26.1 amedhyaṃ dṛṣṭvā japati abaddhaṃ mano daridraṃ cakṣuḥ sūryo jyotiṣāṃ
śreṣṭho dīkṣe mā mā hāsīḥ iti //
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad
BĀU, 1, 3, 18.8 evaṃ ha vā enaṃ svā abhisaṃviśanti bhartā svānāṃ
śreṣṭhaḥ puraetā bhavaty annādo 'dhipatir ya evaṃ veda /
BĀU, 1, 5, 21.16 ayaṃ vai naḥ
śreṣṭho yaḥ saṃcaraṃś cāsaṃcaraṃś ca na vyathate 'tho na riṣyati /
BĀU, 6, 1, 1.1 yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca
śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca svānāṃ bhavati /
BĀU, 6, 1, 1.1 yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaśca
śreṣṭhaśca svānāṃ bhavati /
BĀU, 6, 1, 1.3 jyeṣṭhaśca
śreṣṭhaśca svānāṃ bhavati api ca yeṣāṃ bubhūṣati ya evaṃ veda //
BĀU, 6, 3, 2.1 jyeṣṭhāya svāhā
śreṣṭhāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati /
Chāndogyopaniṣad
ChU, 5, 1, 1.1 yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca
śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaś ca ha vai śreṣṭhaś ca bhavati /
ChU, 5, 1, 1.1 yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaś ca ha vai
śreṣṭhaś ca bhavati /
ChU, 5, 1, 7.1 te ha prāṇāḥ prajāpatiṃ pitaram etyocuḥ bhagavan ko naḥ
śreṣṭha iti /
ChU, 5, 1, 7.3 yasmin va utkrānte śarīraṃ pāpiṣṭhataram iva dṛśyeta sa vaḥ
śreṣṭha iti //
ChU, 5, 2, 4.1 atha yadi mahaj jigamiṣet amāvāsyāyām dīkṣitvā paurṇamāsyāṃ rātrau sarvauṣadhasya mantham dadhimadhunor upamathya jyeṣṭhāya
śreṣṭhāya svāhety agnāv ājyasya hutvā manthe saṃpātam avanayet //
Gautamadharmasūtra
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra
Gopathabrāhmaṇa
GB, 1, 1, 9, 7.0 śreṣṭho ha vedas tapaso 'dhi jāto brahmajyānāṃ kṣitaye saṃbabhūva //
GB, 1, 2, 22, 20.0 evam eṣo 'gniḥ sāṃtapanaḥ
śreṣṭhas tṛptaḥ sarvāṃs tṛptāṃs tarpayatīti brāhmaṇam //
GB, 2, 2, 12, 1.2 vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ no atra draviṇaṃ yathā dadhad iti //
GB, 2, 5, 6, 14.0 śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ cānyeṣāṃ ca bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaś caivaṃvidvānt sautrāmaṇyābhiṣicyate //
Jaiminigṛhyasūtra
JaimGS, 1, 2, 8.0 uttarato 'gneḥ praṇītāḥ praṇīya darbhaiḥ pracchādya dakṣiṇato 'gneḥ prastaraṃ nidhāya prastarasyopariṣṭāt pavitre nidhāya virūpākṣaṃ japaty oṃ tapaśca tejaśca satyaṃ cātmā ca dhṛtiśca dharmaśca sattvaṃ ca tyāgaśca brahmā ca brahma ca tāni prapadye tāni mām avantu bhūr bhuvaḥ svar oṃ mahāntam ātmānam adhyārohāmi virūpākṣo 'si dantāñjistasya te śayyā parṇe gṛhā antarikṣe te vimitaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ tad devānāṃ hṛdayānyayasmaye kumbhe antaḥ saṃnihitāni tāni balabhūśca baladhā ca rakṣa ṇo mā pramadaḥ satyaṃ te dvādaśa putrāste tvā saṃvatsare saṃvatsare kāmapreṇa yajñena yājayitvā punar brahmacaryam upayanti tvaṃ devānāṃ brāhmaṇo 'syahaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ brāhmaṇo vai brāhmaṇam upadhāvati taṃ tvopadhāvāmi japantaṃ mā mā pratijāpsīr juhvantaṃ mā mā pratihauṣīḥ kurvantaṃ mā mā pratikārṣīstvāṃ prapadye tvayā prasūta idaṃ karma kariṣyāmi tanme samṛdhyatāṃ virūpākṣāya dantāñjaye brahmaṇaḥ putrāya jyeṣṭhāya
śreṣṭhāyāmoghāya karmādhipataye nama iti //
Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa
JUB, 1, 10, 1.1 sā pṛthaksalilaṃ kāmadughākṣiti prāṇasaṃhitaṃ cakṣuśśrotraṃ vākprabhūtam manasā vyāptaṃ hṛdayāgram brāhmaṇabhaktam annaśubhaṃ varṣapavitraṃ gobhagam pṛthivyuparaṃ tapastanu varuṇapariyatanam
indraśreṣṭhaṃ sahasrākṣaram ayutadhāram amṛtaṃ duhānā sarvān imāṃl lokān abhivikṣaratīti //
JUB, 2, 15, 8.1 sa ya evam etad ekadhā sāma bhavad vedaivaṃ haitad ekadhā sāma bhavatīty ekadheva
śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati //
JUB, 4, 11, 2.1 tāḥ śraiṣṭhye vyavadantāhaṃ
śreṣṭhāsmy ahaṃ śreṣṭhāsmi māṃ śriyam upādhvam iti //
JUB, 4, 11, 2.1 tāḥ śraiṣṭhye vyavadantāhaṃ śreṣṭhāsmy ahaṃ
śreṣṭhāsmi māṃ śriyam upādhvam iti //
JUB, 4, 11, 3.2 tā abruvan na vā anyonyasyai
śreṣṭhatāyai tiṣṭhāmaha etā saṃprabravāmahai yathā śreṣṭhāḥ sma iti //
JUB, 4, 11, 3.2 tā abruvan na vā anyonyasyai śreṣṭhatāyai tiṣṭhāmaha etā saṃprabravāmahai yathā
śreṣṭhāḥ sma iti //
JUB, 4, 22, 10.2 sa ya evam etad ekam bhavad vedaivaṃ haitad ekadhā bhavatīty ekadhaiva
śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati //
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa
JB, 1, 24, 1.0 sa hovāca prakur vārṣṇo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity eva samrāḍ aham agnihotraṃ juhomi tasmād ahaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmi bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vāva me śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāṃ prajāyām antato bhaviteti //
JB, 1, 24, 1.0 sa hovāca prakur vārṣṇo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity eva samrāḍ aham agnihotraṃ juhomi tasmād ahaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmi bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vāva me śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāṃ prajāyām antato bhaviteti //
JB, 1, 24, 1.0 sa hovāca prakur vārṣṇo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity eva samrāḍ aham agnihotraṃ juhomi tasmād ahaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmi bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vāva me
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāṃ prajāyām antato bhaviteti //
JB, 1, 24, 2.0 taṃ hovācāgniveśya kiṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām iti //
JB, 1, 24, 3.0 agnim upadiśann uvācedaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ādityaṃ so 'ham ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām amuṣmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ prātar juhomy etāv eva mā tad gamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmā etau me punarmṛtyum apajeṣyata iti //
JB, 1, 24, 3.0 agnim upadiśann uvācedaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ādityaṃ so 'ham ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām amuṣmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ prātar juhomy etāv eva mā tad gamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmā etau me punarmṛtyum apajeṣyata iti //
JB, 1, 24, 3.0 agnim upadiśann uvācedaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ādityaṃ so 'ham ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām amuṣmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ prātar juhomy etāv eva mā tad gamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmā etau me punarmṛtyum apajeṣyata iti //
JB, 1, 24, 3.0 agnim upadiśann uvācedaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ādityaṃ so 'ham ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmin bhūyiṣṭhe
śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām amuṣmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ prātar juhomy etāv eva mā tad gamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmā etau me punarmṛtyum apajeṣyata iti //
JB, 1, 24, 3.0 agnim upadiśann uvācedaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ādityaṃ so 'ham ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām amuṣmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ prātar juhomy etāv eva mā tad gamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmā etau me punarmṛtyum apajeṣyata iti //
JB, 1, 24, 3.0 agnim upadiśann uvācedaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām ity ādityaṃ so 'ham ado bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām asmin bhūyiṣṭhe śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānām amuṣmin bhūyiṣṭhe
śreṣṭhe vittānāṃ prātar juhomy etāv eva mā tad gamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmā etau me punarmṛtyum apajeṣyata iti //
JB, 1, 96, 15.0 eṣa devo amartya iti pratipadaṃ kurvīta yaḥ kāmayetāham evaikadhā
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ syāṃ rucam aśnuvīyeti //
JB, 1, 98, 4.0 ugradevo ha smāha rājanir nāhaṃ manuṣyāyārātīyāmi yān asmai trīn devānāṃ
śreṣṭhān arātīyato 'śṛṇom //
JB, 1, 108, 5.0 tam abruvann īkṣitvānnādo vā ayaṃ
śreṣṭho bhaviṣyati pāpmā vā asya paryavartīti //
JB, 1, 108, 6.0 sa yo haivaṃ vidvān parivartayate 'nnāda eva
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati //
JB, 1, 114, 1.0 yo vā aṃśum ekākṣaraṃ vedānnāda eva
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati //
JB, 1, 165, 22.0 ava virājam annādyaṃ runddhe 'nnādaḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda //
JB, 1, 172, 12.0 agnir vā akāmayata viśo viśa evānnādaḥ
śreṣṭho 'dhipatiḥ syām iti //
JB, 1, 185, 19.0 avānnādyaṃ runddhe 'nnādaḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda //
JB, 1, 215, 26.0 avānnādyaṃ runddhe 'nnādaś
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda //
JB, 1, 271, 12.0 atha hocur jīvalaṃ kārīrādiṃ yad idaṃ tvam eva tasyārdhasya
śreṣṭho 'si yasminn asy api tvā rājāno 'dhastād upāsate kena tvam idaṃ prāpitheti //
JB, 1, 271, 17.0 yasminn evārdhe bhavati tasya
śreṣṭho bhavaty apy enaṃ rājāno 'dhastād upāsata iti //
JB, 1, 272, 11.0 sa ya evam etāṃ triṣṭubhaṃ śriyam upāste yasminn evārdhe bhavati tasya
śreṣṭho bhavaty apy enaṃ rājāno 'dhastād upāsata iti //
JB, 1, 273, 2.0 atha ya evam etāni sarvāṇy ekadhā vedaivaṃ haitāni sarvāṇy ekadhā bhavanty ekadhaiva
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati //
JB, 1, 289, 6.0 tānīmāni chandāṃsy abruvann iyaṃ vāva naś
śreṣṭheyaṃ vīryavattamā yā somam āhārṣīd yā yajñam atata //
JB, 1, 290, 4.0 sa ya etad evaṃ veda gāyatrīṃ sarvāṇi chandāṃsy apiyantīty abhi hainaṃ svāḥ saṃjānate
śreṣṭhatāyai //
JB, 1, 322, 14.0 sāmann evedaṃ sāmābhigāyāmīty eva tad vidyāc
chreṣṭhatām anena svānāṃ gamiṣyāmīti //
JB, 1, 336, 14.0 yat sāman sāmābhigāyāt sāmann evedaṃ sāmābhigāyāmīty eva tad vidyāc
chreṣṭhatām anena svānāṃ gamiṣyāmīti //
Kauśikasūtra
KauśS, 9, 5, 17.1 apratibhuktau śucikāryau ca nityaṃ vaiśvadevau jānatā
yajñaśreṣṭhau /
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa
Kaṭhopaniṣad
Kāṭhakasaṃhitā
KS, 6, 8, 5.0 yasya hy eṣāvaruddhā sa manuṣyāṇāṃ
śreṣṭho bhavati //
Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā
Mānavagṛhyasūtra
MānGS, 1, 7, 8.1 bandhumatīṃ kanyām aspṛṣṭamaithunām upayaccheta samānavarṇām asamānapravarāṃ yavīyasīṃ nagnikāṃ
śreṣṭhām //
Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa
PB, 1, 6, 7.0 subhūr asi
śreṣṭho raśmir devānāṃ saṃsad devānāṃ yātur yayā tanvā brahma jinvasi tayā mā jinva tayā mā janaya prakāśaṃ mā kuru //
PB, 6, 9, 10.0 pavasva vāco 'griya iti pratipadaṃ kuryād yaṃ kāmayeta samānānāṃ
śreṣṭhaḥ syād iti //
PB, 7, 8, 2.0 tat parigṛhṇantāv abrūtām idam avidāvedaṃ nau mābhyarttiḍhvam iti tat prajāpatir abravīn mad vā etaddhy ajani mama vā etad iti tad agnir abravīn māṃ vā etad anvajani mama vā etad iti tad indro
'bravīcchreṣṭhasthā vā etad ahaṃ vaḥ śreṣṭho 'smi mama vā etad iti tad viśve devā abruvann asmaddevatyaṃ vā etad yad adbhyo 'dhi samabhūd asmākaṃ vā etad iti tat prajāpatir abravīt sarveṣāṃ na idam astu sarva idam upajīvāmeti tat pṛṣṭheṣu nyadadhuḥ sarvadevatyaṃ vai vāmadevyam //
PB, 7, 8, 2.0 tat parigṛhṇantāv abrūtām idam avidāvedaṃ nau mābhyarttiḍhvam iti tat prajāpatir abravīn mad vā etaddhy ajani mama vā etad iti tad agnir abravīn māṃ vā etad anvajani mama vā etad iti tad indro 'bravīcchreṣṭhasthā vā etad ahaṃ vaḥ
śreṣṭho 'smi mama vā etad iti tad viśve devā abruvann asmaddevatyaṃ vā etad yad adbhyo 'dhi samabhūd asmākaṃ vā etad iti tat prajāpatir abravīt sarveṣāṃ na idam astu sarva idam upajīvāmeti tat pṛṣṭheṣu nyadadhuḥ sarvadevatyaṃ vai vāmadevyam //
PB, 15, 7, 3.0 prajāpatiṃ vā etenāhnā pariveviṣati tanna vyavavadyaṃ yad vai
śreṣṭhe pariviṣyamāṇo vadaty annādyasya so 'vagrahas tasmān na vyavavadyam annādyasyānavagrāhāya //
PB, 15, 7, 4.0 tad u vyavavadyaṃ yathā
śreṣṭhāya baliṃ hriyamāṇaṃ panthānaṃ paryanuvedayati gatyai tathā tat //
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra
Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa
Taittirīyasaṃhitā
TS, 3, 4, 8, 1.2 ātmane hotavyā rāṣṭraṃ vai rāṣṭrabhṛto rāṣṭram prajā rāṣṭram paśavo rāṣṭraṃ yac
chreṣṭho bhavati rāṣṭreṇaiva rāṣṭram avarunddhe vasiṣṭhaḥ samānānām bhavati /
Taittirīyāraṇyaka
TĀ, 2, 19, 5.0 dhruvas tvam asi dhruvasya kṣitam asi tvaṃ bhūtānām adhipatir asi tvaṃ bhūtānāṃ
śreṣṭho 'si tvāṃ bhūtāny upaparyāvartante namas te namaḥ sarvaṃ te namo namaḥ śiśukumārāya namaḥ //
Vaitānasūtra
VaitS, 3, 6, 14.3 vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ no atra draviṇaṃ yathā dadhad iti //
Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina)
VSM, 2, 26.1 svayambhūr asi
śreṣṭho raśmir varcodā asi varco me dehi /
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra
VārGS, 10, 8.0 bandhumatīṃ kanyām aspṛṣṭamaithunām upayacchetānagnikāṃ
śreṣṭhām //
Āpastambadharmasūtra
Āpastambaśrautasūtra
Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra
ĀśvGS, 1, 15, 3.2 vedo vai putranāmāsi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam iti indra
śreṣṭhāni draviṇāni dhehy asme prayandhi maghavann ṛjīṣinn iti ca //
Āśvālāyanaśrautasūtra
ĀśvŚS, 4, 14, 2.3 idaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ pṛthū ratha iti sūkte pratyarcir ity aṣṭau dyutadyāmānam uṣo vājenedam u tyad ud u śriya iti sūkte vy uṣā āvo divijā iti ṣaḍ iti traiṣṭubham /
ĀśvŚS, 7, 8, 1.1 ehy ū ṣu bravāṇi ta āgnir agāmi bhārataḥ pra vo vājā abhidyavo abhi prayāṃsi vāhasā pra maṃhiṣṭhāya gāyata pra so agne tavotibhir agniṃ vo vṛdhantam agne yaṃ yajñam adhvaraṃ yajiṣṭhaṃ tvā vavṛmahe yaḥ samidhā ya āhutyā te agna idhīmahy ubhe suścandra sarpiṣa iti dve ekā cāgniṃ taṃ manye yo vasur ā te vatso mano yamad āgne sthūraṃ rayiṃ bhara preṣṭhaṃ vo atithiṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ yaviṣṭha bhārata bhadro no agnir āhuto yadī ghṛtebhir āhuta ā ghā ye agnim indhata imā abhi pra ṇonuma iti //
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa
ŚBM, 1, 4, 5, 5.2 dhruvayā samanakti śiro vai yajñasyottara āghāra ātmā vai dhruvā tadātmany evaitacchiraḥ pratidadhāti śiro vai yajñasyottara āghāraḥ śrīrvai śiraḥ śrīrhi vai śiras tasmādyo 'rdhasya
śreṣṭho bhavatyasāvamuṣyārdhasya śira ityāhuḥ //
ŚBM, 2, 1, 2, 8.5 tasmād yo 'rdhasya
śreṣṭho bhavaty asāv amuṣyārdhasya śira ity āhuḥ /
Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra
ŚāṅkhGS, 1, 4, 2.0 adyā no deva savitar iti dve apehi manasaspata iti sūktam ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ ceti sūktam ādityā ava hi khyateti sūktaśeṣa indra
śreṣṭhānīty ekā haṃsaḥ śuciṣad ity ekā namo mahadbhya ity ekā yata indra bhayāmaha ity ekādha svapnasyety ekā yo me rājann ity ekā mamāgne varca iti sūktaṃ svasti no mimītām iti ca pañca //
ŚāṅkhGS, 6, 4, 1.0 adabdhaṃ mana iṣiraṃ cakṣuḥ sūryo jyotiṣāṃ
śreṣṭho dīkṣe mā mā hiṃsīr iti savitāram īkṣante //
Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka
ŚāṅkhĀ, 9, 2, 1.0 yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca
śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaś ca ha vai śreṣṭhaś ca svānāṃ bhavati //
ŚāṅkhĀ, 9, 2, 1.0 yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaś ca ha vai
śreṣṭhaś ca svānāṃ bhavati //
ŚāṅkhĀ, 9, 2, 7.0 atha hemā devatāḥ prajāpatiṃ pitaram etyābruvan ko vai naḥ
śreṣṭha iti //
ŚāṅkhĀ, 9, 2, 8.0 sa hovāca prajāpatir yasmin va utkrānte śarīraṃ pāpiṣṭham iva manyate sa vai
śreṣṭha iti //
Ṛgveda
ṚV, 1, 44, 4.1 śreṣṭhaṃ yaviṣṭham atithiṃ svāhutaṃ juṣṭaṃ janāya dāśuṣe /
ṚV, 1, 113, 1.1 idaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotir āgāc citraḥ praketo ajaniṣṭa vibhvā /
ṚV, 1, 161, 1.1 kim u
śreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ yaviṣṭho na ājagan kim īyate dūtyaṃ kad yad ūcima /
ṚV, 1, 164, 26.2 śreṣṭhaṃ savaṃ savitā sāviṣan no 'bhīddho gharmas tad u ṣu pra vocam //
ṚV, 2, 21, 6.1 indra
śreṣṭhāni draviṇāni dhehi cittiṃ dakṣasya subhagatvam asme /
ṚV, 2, 33, 3.1 śreṣṭho jātasya rudra śriyāsi tavastamas tavasāṃ vajrabāho /
ṚV, 4, 1, 6.1 asya
śreṣṭhā subhagasya saṃdṛg devasya citratamā martyeṣu /
ṚV, 4, 36, 7.1 śreṣṭhaṃ vaḥ peśo adhi dhāyi darśataṃ stomo vājā ṛbhavas taṃ jujuṣṭana /
ṚV, 4, 54, 1.2 vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ no atra draviṇaṃ yathā dadhat //
ṚV, 5, 62, 1.2 daśa śatā saha tasthus tad ekaṃ devānāṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vapuṣām apaśyam //
ṚV, 6, 26, 8.2 prātardaniḥ kṣatraśrīr astu
śreṣṭho ghane vṛtrāṇāṃ sanaye dhanānām //
ṚV, 6, 51, 10.1 te hi
śreṣṭhavarcasas ta u nas tiro viśvāni duritā nayanti /
ṚV, 6, 68, 2.1 tā hi
śreṣṭhā devatātā tujā śūrāṇāṃ śaviṣṭhā tā hi bhūtam /
ṚV, 6, 71, 2.1 devasya vayaṃ savituḥ savīmani
śreṣṭhe syāma vasunaś ca dāvane /
ṚV, 7, 77, 5.1 asme
śreṣṭhebhir bhānubhir vi bhāhy uṣo devi pratirantī na āyuḥ /
ṚV, 10, 24, 2.2 śacīpate śacīnāṃ vi vo made
śreṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vāryaṃ vivakṣase //
ṚV, 10, 35, 7.1 śreṣṭhaṃ no adya savitar vareṇyam bhāgam ā suva sa hi ratnadhā asi /
ṚV, 10, 36, 12.2 śreṣṭhe syāma savituḥ savīmani tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe //
ṚV, 10, 71, 1.2 yad eṣāṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ yad aripram āsīt preṇā tad eṣāṃ nihitaṃ guhāviḥ //
ṚV, 10, 76, 2.1 tad u
śreṣṭhaṃ savanaṃ sunotanātyo na hastayato adriḥ sotari /
ṚV, 10, 112, 3.1 haritvatā varcasā sūryasya
śreṣṭhai rūpais tanvaṃ sparśayasva /
ṚV, 10, 170, 3.1 idaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotir uttamaṃ viśvajid dhanajid ucyate bṛhat /
Arthaśāstra
ArthaŚ, 2, 11, 115.1 mādhuram āparāntakaṃ kāliṅgaṃ kāśikaṃ vāṅgakaṃ vātsakaṃ māhiṣakaṃ ca kārpāsikaṃ
śreṣṭham /
ArthaŚ, 2, 13, 4.1 kiñjalkavarṇaṃ mṛdu snigdham anādi bhrājiṣṇu ca
śreṣṭhaṃ raktapītakaṃ madhyamaṃ raktam avaram //
Avadānaśataka
AvŚat, 9, 3.4 tataḥ saptame divase vistīrṇāvakāśe pṛthivīpradeśe 'nekeṣu prāṇiśatasahasreṣu saṃnipatiteṣu gaganatale cānekeṣu devatāsahasreṣu saṃnipatiteṣu gomayamaṇḍalake kᄆpte sarvagandhamālyeṣūpahṛteṣu pūrvataraṃ tīrthikopāsakena satyopayācanaṃ kṛtam yena satyena pūraṇaprabhṛtayaḥ ṣaṭ śāstāro loke
śreṣṭhāḥ anena satyenemāni puṣpāṇi ayaṃ ca dhūpaḥ idaṃ ca pānīyaṃ tān upagacchantv iti //
Aṣṭasāhasrikā
ASāh, 6, 1.1 atha khalu maitreyo bodhisattvo mahāsattva āyuṣmantaṃ subhūtiṃ sthaviramāmantrayate sma yacca khalu punaḥ ārya subhūte bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya anumodanāpariṇāmanāsahagataṃ puṇyakriyāvastu yacca sarvasattvānāṃ dānamayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu śīlamayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu bhāvanāmayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu idameva tato bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya anumodanāpariṇāmanāsahagataṃ puṇyakriyāvastu agramākhyāyate
śreṣṭhamākhyāyate jyeṣṭhamākhyāyate varamākhyāyate pravaramākhyāyate praṇītamākhyāyate uttamamākhyāyate anuttamamākhyāyate niruttamamākhyāyate asamamākhyāyate asamasamamākhyāyate //
ASāh, 6, 2.1 evamukte āyupyān subhūtiḥ sthaviraṃ maitreyaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvametadavocat yatpunarayaṃ maitreya bodhisattvo mahāsattvo daśadiśi loke sarvataḥ sarvatra gatayā aprameyāprameyeṣu asaṃkhyeyāsaṃkhyeṣu aparimāṇāparimāṇeṣu acintyācintyeṣu anantāparyanteṣu trisāhasramahāsāhasreṣu lokadhātuṣu atīte 'dhvani ekaikasyāṃ diśi ekaikasmiṃstrisāhasramahāsāhasre lokadhātau aprameyāprameyāṇām asaṃkhyeyāsaṃkhyeyānām aparimāṇāparimāṇānām acintyācintyānām anantāparyantānām anupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtānāṃ tathāgatānāmarhatāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ chinnavartmanāṃ chinnavartmanīnāṃ chinnaprapañcabhavanetrīkāṇāṃ paryāttabāṣpāṇāṃ marditakaṇṭakānāṃ svapahṛtabhārāṇām anuprāptasvakārthānāṃ parikṣīṇabhavasaṃyojanānāṃ samyagājñāsuvimuktacittānāṃ sarvacetovaśiparamapāramiprāptānāṃ yāvatprathamacittotpādamupādāya yāvacca anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhānāṃ yāvacca anupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtānāṃ yāvacca saddharmo nāntarhitaḥ etasmin antare yasteṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ śīlaskandhaḥ samādhiskandhaḥ prajñāskandho vimuktiskandho vimuktijñānadarśanaskandhaśca yāni ca ṣaṭpāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni kuśalamūlāni buddhaguṇasaṃpatpratisaṃyuktāni kuśalamūlāni balavaiśāradyapāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni kuśalamūlāni evamabhijñāpāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni parijñāpāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni praṇidhānapāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni sarvajñajñānasaṃpatpratisaṃyuktāni kuśalamūlāni yā ca hitaiṣitā yā ca mahāmaitrī yā ca mahākaruṇā ye ca aprameyāsaṃkhyeyā buddhaguṇāḥ yā ca anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiḥ yacca anuttaraṃ samyaksaṃbodhisukham yā ca sarvadharmaiśvaryapāramitā yaś ca aparimeyo 'nabhibhūtaḥ sarvābhibhūtaḥ paramaṛddhyabhisaṃskāraḥ yacca anāvaraṇam asaṅgam apratihatam asamamasamasamam anupamam aparimeyaṃ tathāgatayathābhūtajñānabalam yadbuddhajñānabalam balānāṃ yadbuddhajñānadarśanam yā ca daśabalapāramitā yaś ca caturvaiśāradyaparamasukhaparipūrṇo 'dhigamaḥ yaś ca sarvadharmāṇāṃ paramārthābhinirhāreṇa dharmādhigamaḥ yacca dharmacakrapravartanam dharmolkāpragrahaṇam dharmabherīsaṃpratāḍanam dharmaśaṅkhaprapūraṇam dharmaśaṅkhapravyāharaṇam dharmakhaḍgapraharaṇam dharmavṛṣṭipravarṣaṇam dharmayajñayajanam dharmadānena sarvasattvasaṃtarpaṇam dharmadānasaṃpravāraṇam ye ca tatra dharmadeśanāsu buddhadharmeṣu pratyekabuddhadharmeṣu śrāvakadharmeṣu vā vinītāḥ śikṣitā adhimuktā niyatāḥ saṃbodhiparāyaṇāḥ teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni ye ca tairbuddhairbhagavadbhirbodhisattvā mahāsattvā vyākṛtā anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni ṣaṭpāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni ye ca pratyekabuddhayānikāḥ pudgalā vyākṛtāḥ pratyekabodhau teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni yacca śrāvakayānikānāṃ pudgalānāṃ dānamayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu śīlamayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu bhāvanāmayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu yāni ca śaikṣāṇyanāsravāṇi kuśalamūlāni yāni ca aśaikṣāṇyanāsravāṇi kuśalamūlāni yaiś ca pṛthagjanaistatra dharmakuśalamūlānyavaropitāni teṣāṃ ca buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ bhikṣuṇīnāṃ upāsakānāmupāsikānām yacca dānamayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu śīlamayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu bhāvanāmayaṃ puṇyakriyāvastu yaiś ca tatra teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ dharmaṃ deśayatāṃ devairnāgairyakṣairgandharvairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragair manuṣyāmanuṣyairvā yaiś ca tiryagyonigatair api sattvaiḥ kuśalamūlānyavaropitāni yaiś ca teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ parinirvāpayatām api kuśalamūlānyavaropitāni yaiś ca tatra teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ parinirvṛtānām api kuśalamūlānyavaropitāni buddhaṃ ca bhagavantamāgamya dharmaṃ cāgamya saṃghaṃ cāgamya manobhāvanīyāṃś ca pudgalānāgamya teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni tatsarvaṃ kuśalamūlaṃ niravaśeṣāniravaśeṣam anavaśeṣam aikadhyam abhisaṃkṣipya piṇḍayitvā tulayitvā agrayā anumodanayā anumodeta
śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttarayā asamayā asamasamayā anumodanayā anumodeta /
ASāh, 6, 10.1 punaraparamārya subhūte bodhisattvo mahāsattvo 'tītānāgatapratyutpannānāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ chinnavartmanāṃ chinnavartmanīnāṃ chinnaprapañcabhavanetrīkāṇām aprameyāṇāmasaṃkhyeyānāṃ yāvatprathamacittotpādamupādāya yāvacca anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhā abhisaṃbhotsyante abhisaṃbudhyante ca yāvacca nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtāḥ parinirvāsyanti parinirvānti ca yāvacca saddharmo nāntarhito nāntardhāsyati nāntardadhāti ca etasmin antare yāni teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāpratisaṃyuktāni kuśalamūlāni yaś ca teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ śīlaskandhaḥ samādhiskandhaḥ prajñāskandho vimuktiskandho vimuktijñānadarśanaskandhaḥ yā ca hitaiṣitā yā ca mahāmaitrī yā ca mahākaruṇā ye ca aprameyāsaṃkhyeyā buddhaguṇāḥ yaiś ca tairbuddhairbhagavadbhirdharmo deśito deśayiṣyate deśyate ca ye ca tasmin dharme śikṣitāḥ śikṣiṣyante śikṣante ca adhimuktā adhimokṣayiṣyanti adhimokṣayanti ca sthitāḥ sthāsyanti tiṣṭhanti ca teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni ye ca tairbuddhairbhagavadbhirbodhisattvā mahāsattvā vyākṛtā vyākariṣyante vyākriyante ca anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni ye ca pratyekabuddhayānikāḥ pudgalā vyākṛtā vyākariṣyante vyākriyante ca pratyekabodhau teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni yāni ca śrāvakayānikānāṃ pudgalānāṃ dānamayāni kuśalamūlāni śīlamayāni kuśalamūlāni bhāvanāmayāni kuśalamūlāni yāni ca śaikṣāṇyanāsravāṇi kuśalamūlāni yāni ca aśaikṣāṇyanāsravāṇi kuśalamūlāni yaiś ca tasmin dharme pṛthagjanaiḥ kuśalamūlānyavaropitāni avaropayiṣyante 'varopyante ca yaiś ca devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragair manuṣyāmanuṣyairvā sa dharmaḥ śrutaḥ śroṣyate śrūyate ca śrutvā ca kuśalamūlānyavaropitāni avaropayiṣyante 'varopyante ca yaiś ca tiryagyonigatair api sattvaiḥ sa dharmaḥ śrutaḥ śroṣyate śrūyate ca śrutvā ca kuśalamūlāni avaropitānyavaropayiṣyante 'varopyante ca yaiś ca sattvaisteṣu buddheṣu bhagavatsu parinirvṛteṣu parinirvāsyatsu parinirvāyatsu ca kuśalamūlānyavaropitāni avaropayiṣyante 'varopyante ca teṣāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yāni kuśalamūlāni tāni sarvāṇyekato 'bhisaṃkṣipya piṇḍayitvā tulayitvā niravaśeṣya niravaśeṣamagrayā anumodanayā anumodeta
śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttamayā asamayā asamasamayā anumodanayā anumodeta /
ASāh, 6, 12.6 atra yaḥ puṇyaskandho yaś ca gaṅgānadīvālukopameṣu trisāhasramahāsāhasreṣu lokadhātuṣu ye sattvāḥ tān sarvān kaścideva kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā daśasu kuśaleṣu karmapatheṣu samādāpayetpratiṣṭhāpayet tasya yaḥ puṇyābhisaṃskāraḥ tato 'yameva bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya dharmadhātupariṇāmajaḥ puṇyaskandho 'gra ākhyāyate
śreṣṭha ākhyāyate jyeṣṭha ākhyāyate vara ākhyāyate pravara ākhyāyate praṇīta ākhyāyate uttama ākhyāyate anuttama ākhyāyate niruttama ākhyāyate asama ākhyāyate asamasama ākhyāyate /
ASāh, 6, 12.7 tiṣṭhatu khalu punaḥ subhūte gaṅgānadīvālukopameṣu trisāhasramahāsāhasreṣu lokadhātuṣu sarvasattvān daśasu kuśaleṣu karmapatheṣu pratiṣṭhāpya puṇyābhisaṃskāraḥ yāvantaḥ subhūte gaṅgānadīvālukopameṣu trisāhasramahāsāhasreṣu lokadhātuṣu sattvāḥ te sarve caturṇāṃ dhyānānāṃ lābhino bhaveyuḥ teṣāṃ ca yaḥ puṇyābhisaṃskāraḥ tato 'yameva bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya pariṇāmanāsahagataḥ puṇyaskandho 'gra ākhyāyate
śreṣṭha ākhyāyate jyeṣṭha ākhyāyate vara ākhyāyate pravara ākhyāyate praṇīta ākhyāyate uttama ākhyāyate anuttama ākhyāyate niruttama ākhyāyate asama ākhyāyate asamasama ākhyāyate /
ASāh, 6, 15.4 śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttamayā uttarottarayā asamayā asamasamayā apratisamayā acintyayā anumodanayā anumodate /
ASāh, 6, 16.2 śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttamayā uttarottarayā asamayā asamasamayā apratisamayā acintyayā anumodate iti /
ASāh, 6, 17.11 śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttamayā uttarottarayā asamayā asamasamayā apratisamayā acintyayā anumodanayā anumodate /
ASāh, 6, 17.19 śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttamayā uttarottarayā asamayā asamasamayā apratisamayā acintyayā anumodanayā anumodate /
ASāh, 6, 17.27 śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttarayā uttarottarayā asamayā asamasamayā apratisamayā acintyayā anumodanayā anumodate /
ASāh, 6, 17.35 śreṣṭhayā jyeṣṭhayā varayā pravarayā praṇītayā uttamayā anuttamayā niruttarayā uttarottarayā asamayā asamasamayā apratisamayā acintyayā anumodanayā anumodate /
Buddhacarita
BCar, 5, 75.2 ahamapyamṛtaṃ padaṃ
yathāvatturagaśreṣṭha labheya tatkuruṣva //
Carakasaṃhitā
Ca, Sū., 25, 40.2 tadyathā annaṃ vṛttikarāṇāṃ
śreṣṭham udakamāśvāsakarāṇāṃ surā śramaharāṇāṃ kṣīraṃ jīvanīyānāṃ māṃsaṃ bṛṃhaṇīyānāṃ rasastarpaṇīyānāṃ lavaṇam annadravyarucikarāṇām amlaṃ hṛdyānāṃ kukkuṭo balyānāṃ nakrareto vṛṣyāṇāṃ madhu śleṣmapittapraśamanānāṃ sarpirvātapittapraśamanānāṃ tailaṃ vātaśleṣmapraśamanānāṃ vamanaṃ śleṣmaharāṇāṃ virecanaṃ pittaharāṇāṃ bastirvātaharāṇāṃ svedo mārdavakarāṇāṃ vyāyāmaḥ sthairyakarāṇāṃ kṣāraḥ puṃstvopaghātināṃ tindukam anannadravyarucikarāṇām āmaṃ kapittham utkaṇṭhyānām āvikaṃ sarpirahṛdyānām ajākṣīraṃ śoṣaghnastanyasātmyaraktasāṃgrāhikaraktapittapraśamanānām avikṣīraṃ śleṣmapittajananānāṃ mahiṣīkṣīraṃ svapnajananānāṃ mandakaṃ dadhyabhiṣyandakarāṇāṃ gavedhukānnaṃ karśanīyānām uddālakānnaṃ virūkṣaṇīyānām ikṣurmūtrajananānāṃ yavāḥ purīṣajananānāṃ jāmbavaṃ vātajananānāṃ śaṣkulyaḥ śleṣmapittajananānāṃ kulatthā amlapittajananānāṃ māṣāḥ śleṣmapittajananānāṃ madanaphalaṃ vamanāsthāpanānuvāsanopayogināṃ trivṛt sukhavirecanānāṃ caturaṅgulo mṛduvirecanānāṃ snukpayas tīkṣṇavirecanānāṃ pratyakpuṣpā śirovirecanānāṃ viḍaṅgaṃ krimighnānāṃ śirīṣo viṣaghnānāṃ khadiraḥ kuṣṭhaghnānāṃ rāsnā vātaharāṇām āmalakaṃ vayaḥsthāpanānāṃ harītakī pathyānām eraṇḍamūlaṃ vṛṣyavātaharāṇāṃ pippalīmūlaṃ dīpanīyapācanīyagudaśothārśaḥśūlaharāṇāṃ puṣkaramūlaṃ hikkāśvāsakāsapārśvaśūlaharāṇāṃ mustaṃ sāṃgrāhikadīpanīyapācanīyānām udīcyaṃ nirvāpaṇadīpanīyapācanīyacchardyatīsāraharāṇāṃ kaṭvaṅgaṃ sāṃgrāhikaraktapittapraśamanānām amṛtā sāṃgrāhikavātaharadīpanīyaśleṣmaśoṇitavibandhapraśamanānāṃ ativiṣā dīpanīyapācanīyasāṃgrāhikasarvadoṣaharāṇām utpalakumudapadmakiñjalkaḥ sāṃgrāhikaraktapittapraśamanānāṃ durālabhā pittaśleṣmapraśamanānāṃ gandhapriyaṅguḥ śoṇitapittātiyogapraśamanānāṃ kuṭajatvak śleṣmapittaraktasāṃgrāhikopaśoṣaṇānāṃ kāśmaryaphalaṃ raktasāṃgrāhikaraktapittapraśamanānāṃ pṛśniparṇī sāṃgrāhikavātaharadīpanīyavṛṣyāṇāṃ vidārigandhā vṛṣyasarvadoṣaharāṇāṃ balā sāṃgrāhikabalyavātaharāṇāṃ gokṣurako mūtrakṛcchrānilaharāṇāṃ hiṅguniryāsaś chedanīyadīpanīyānulomikavātakaphapraśamanānām amlavetaso bhedanīyadīpanīyānulomikavātaśleṣmaharāṇāṃ yāvaśūkaḥ sraṃsanīyapācanīyārśoghnānāṃ takrābhyāso grahaṇīdoṣaśophārśoghṛtavyāpatpraśamanānāṃ kravyānmāṃsarasābhyāso grahaṇīdoṣaśoṣārśoghnānāṃ kṣīraghṛtābhyāso rasāyanānāṃ samaghṛtasaktuprāśābhyāso vṛṣyodāvartaharānāṃ tailagaṇḍūṣābhyāso dantabalarucikarāṇāṃ candanaṃ durgandhaharadāhanirvāpaṇalepanānāṃ rāsnāguruṇī śītāpanayanapralepanānāṃ lāmajjakośīraṃ dāhatvagdoṣasvedāpanayanapralepanānāṃ kuṣṭhaṃ vātaharābhyaṅgopanāhopayogināṃ madhukaṃ cakṣuṣyavṛṣyakeśyakaṇṭhyavarṇyavirajanīyaropaṇīyānāṃ vāyuḥ prāṇasaṃjñāpradānahetūnām agnir āmastambhaśītaśūlodvepanapraśamanānāṃ jalaṃ stambhanīyānāṃ mṛdbhṛṣṭaloṣṭranirvāpitam udakaṃ tṛṣṇāchardyatiyogapraśamanānām atimātrāśanamāmapradoṣahetūnāṃ yathāgnyabhyavahāro 'gnisaṃdhukṣaṇānāṃ yathāsātmyaṃ ceṣṭābhyavahārau sevyānāṃ kālabhojanamārogyakarāṇāṃ tṛptirāhāraguṇānāṃ vegasaṃdhāraṇam anārogyakarāṇāṃ madyaṃ saumanasyajananānām madyākṣepo dhīdhṛtismṛtiharāṇāṃ gurubhojanaṃ durvipākakarāṇām ekāśanabhojanaṃ sukhapariṇāmakarāṇāṃ strīṣvatiprasaṅgaḥ śoṣakarāṇāṃ śukraveganigrahaḥ ṣāṇḍhyakarāṇāṃ parāghātanam annāśraddhājananānām anaśanamāyuṣo hrāsakarāṇāṃ pramitāśanaṃ karśanīyānām ajīrṇādhyaśanaṃ grahaṇīdūṣaṇānāṃ viṣamāśanamagnivaiṣamyakarāṇāṃ viruddhavīryāśanaṃ ninditavyādhikarāṇāṃ praśamaḥ pathyānāṃ āyāsaḥ sarvāpathyānāṃ mithyāyogo vyādhikarāṇāṃ rajasvalābhigamanamalakṣmīmukhānāṃ brahmacaryamāyuṣyāṇāṃ paradārābhigamanamanāyuṣyāṇāṃ saṅkalpo vṛṣyāṇāṃ daurmanasyam avṛṣyāṇām ayathābalamārambhaḥ prāṇoparodhināṃ viṣādo rogavardhanānāṃ snānaṃ śramaharāṇāṃ harṣaḥ prīṇanānāṃ śokaḥ śoṣaṇānāṃ nivṛttiḥ puṣṭikarāṇāṃ puṣṭiḥ svapnakarāṇām atisvapnastandrākarāṇāṃ sarvarasābhyāso balakarāṇām ekarasābhyāso daurbalyakarāṇāṃ garbhaśalyamāhāryāṇām ajīrṇamuddhāryāṇāṃ bālo mṛdubheṣajīyānāṃ vṛddho yāpyānāṃ garbhinī tīkṣṇauṣadhavyavāyavyāyāmavarjanīyānāṃ saumanasyaṃ garbhadhāraṇānāṃ sannipāto duścikitsyānām āmo viṣamacikitsyānāṃ jvaro rogāṇāṃ kuṣṭhaṃ dīrgharogāṇāṃ rājayakṣmā rogasamūhānāṃ prameho 'nuṣaṅgiṇāṃ jalaukaso 'nuśastrāṇāṃ bastistantrāṇāṃ himavānauṣadhibhūmīnāṃ soma oṣadhīnāṃ marubhūmirārogyadeśānām anūpo 'hitadeśānām nirdeśakāritvamāturaguṇānāṃ bhiṣak cikitsāṅgānāṃ nāstiko varjyānāṃ laulyaṃ kleśakarāṇām anirdeśakāritvamariṣṭānāṃ anirvedo vārttalakṣaṇānāṃ vaidyasamūho niḥsaṃśayakarāṇāṃ yogo vaidyaguṇānāṃ vijñānamauṣadhīnāṃ śāstrasahitastarkaḥ sādhanānāṃ sampratipattiḥ kālajñānaprayojanānām avyavasāyaḥ kālātipattihetūnāṃ dṛṣṭakarmatā niḥsaṃśayakarāṇām asamarthatā bhayakarāṇāṃ tadvidyasaṃbhāṣā buddhivardhanānām ācāryaḥ śāstrādhigamahetūnām āyurvedo 'mṛtānāṃ sadvacanamanuṣṭheyānām asadgrahaṇaṃ sarvāhitānāṃ sarvasaṃnyāsaḥ sukhānāmiti //
Ca, Vim., 8, 21.1 pratyavareṇa tu saha samānābhimatena vā vigṛhya jalpatā suhṛtpariṣadi kathayitavyam athavāpyudāsīnapariṣady avadhānaśravaṇajñānavijñānopadhāraṇavacanaprativacanaśaktisampannāyāṃ kathayatā cāvahitena parasya sādguṇyadoṣabalamavekṣitavyaṃ samavekṣya ca yatrainaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ manyeta nāsya tatra jalpaṃ yojayedanāviṣkṛtamayogaṃ kurvan yatra tvenamavaraṃ manyeta tatraivainamāśu nigṛhṇīyāt /
Ca, Vim., 8, 150.7 teṣāṃ tailavasāmajjasarpiṣāṃ yathāpūrvaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ vātaśleṣmavikāreṣvanuvāsanīyeṣu yathottaraṃ tu pittavikāreṣu sarva eva vā sarvavikāreṣvapi yogamupayānti saṃskāravidhiviśeṣāditi //
Ca, Śār., 3, 4.11 yadi hi rasajaḥ syāt na kecit strīpuruṣeṣvanapatyāḥ syuḥ na hi kaścidastyeṣāṃ yo rasānnopayuṅkte
śreṣṭharasopayogināṃ cedgarbhā jāyanta ityabhipretamiti evaṃ saty ājaurabhramārgamāyūragokṣīradadhighṛtamadhutailasaindhavekṣurasamudgaśālibhṛtānām evaikāntena prajā syāt śyāmākavarakoddālakakoradūṣakakandamūlabhakṣāśca nikhilenānapatyāḥ syuḥ taccobhayamubhayatra dṛśyate /
Ca, Śār., 8, 32.5 aṣṭame tu māse kṣīrayavāgūṃ sarpiṣmatīṃ kāle kāle pibet tanneti bhadrakāpyaḥ paiṅgalyābādho hyasyā garbhamāgacchediti astvatra paiṅgalyābādha ityāha bhagavān punarvasur ātreyaḥ na tvevaitanna kāryam evaṃ kurvatī hyarogārogyabalavarṇasvarasaṃhananasampadupetaṃ jñātīnāmapi
śreṣṭhamapatyaṃ janayati /
Lalitavistara
LalVis, 7, 32.8 saptame sthitvā siṃha ivāhlādanātmikāṃ vācaṃ bhāṣate sma ahaṃ loke jyeṣṭho 'haṃ loke
śreṣṭhaḥ /
Mahābhārata
MBh, 1, 85, 21.2 kiṃ svit kṛtvā labhate tāta lokān martyaḥ
śreṣṭhāṃstapasā vidyayā vā /
MBh, 2, 62, 28.3 sarve cāsan pārthivāḥ prītimantaḥ
kuruśreṣṭhaṃ dhārmikaṃ pūjayantaḥ //
MBh, 3, 6, 21.1 satyaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ pāṇḍava niṣpralāpaṃ tulyaṃ cānnaṃ saha bhojyaṃ sahāyaiḥ /
MBh, 3, 190, 63.2 catvāro vā gardabhāstvāṃ vahantu
śreṣṭhāśvataryo harayo vā turaṃgāḥ /
MBh, 3, 190, 66.3 yastvevaṃ brahma tapasānveti vidvāṃs tena
śreṣṭho bhavati hi jīvamānaḥ //
MBh, 5, 24, 1.3 anāmayāstāta manasvinaste
kuruśreṣṭhān pṛcchasi pārtha yāṃstvam //
MBh, 5, 29, 11.2 atandrito brahmacaryaṃ cacāra
śreṣṭhatvam icchan balabhid devatānām //
MBh, 5, 69, 4.2 bruvantaṃ vācam anṛśaṃsarūpāṃ
vṛṣṇiśreṣṭhaṃ mohayantaṃ madīyān //
MBh, 7, 2, 8.2 mahāprabhāve varade nipātite
lokaśreṣṭhe śāṃtanave mahaujasi /
MBh, 7, 154, 52.2 śaktiṃ
śreṣṭhāṃ vaijayantīm asahyāṃ samādade tasya vadhaṃ cikīrṣan //
MBh, 7, 154, 53.2 yāṃ vai prādāt sūtaputrāya śakraḥ śaktiṃ
śreṣṭhāṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ nimāya //
MBh, 12, 63, 24.1 bahvāyattaṃ kṣatriyair mānavānāṃ
lokaśreṣṭhaṃ dharmam āsevamānaiḥ /
MBh, 12, 64, 21.2 asmin dharme sarvadharmāḥ praviṣṭās tasmād dharmaṃ
śreṣṭham imaṃ vadanti //
MBh, 12, 65, 1.2 evaṃvīryaḥ sarvadharmopapannaḥ kṣātraḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadharmeṣu dharmaḥ /
MBh, 12, 65, 3.1 tyāgaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ munayo vai vadanti sarvaśreṣṭho yaḥ śarīraṃ tyajeta /
MBh, 12, 65, 3.1 tyāgaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ munayo vai vadanti
sarvaśreṣṭho yaḥ śarīraṃ tyajeta /
MBh, 12, 236, 30.1 tataḥ paraṃ
śreṣṭham atīva sadguṇair adhiṣṭhitaṃ trīn adhivṛttam uttamam /
MBh, 12, 288, 6.1 tannaḥ kāryaṃ pakṣivara praśādhi yat kāryāṇāṃ manyase
śreṣṭham ekam /
MBh, 12, 288, 12.2 śreṣṭhaṃ hyetat kṣamam apyāhur āryāḥ satyaṃ tathaivārjavam ānṛśaṃsyam //
MBh, 13, 1, 25.2 vṛtraṃ hatvā devarāṭ
śreṣṭhabhāg vai yajñaṃ hatvā bhāgam avāpa caiva /
MBh, 14, 10, 6.1 bṛhaspatir yājayitā mahendraṃ
devaśreṣṭhaṃ vajrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham /
MBh, 14, 23, 7.3 yasmin pracīrṇe ca punaścaranti sa vai
śreṣṭho gacchata yatra kāmaḥ //
MBh, 14, 23, 8.3 mayi pracīrṇe ca punaścaranti
śreṣṭho hyahaṃ paśyata māṃ pralīnam //
MBh, 14, 23, 11.2 mayi pracīrṇe ca punaścaranti
śreṣṭho hyahaṃ paśyata māṃ pralīnam //
MBh, 14, 23, 14.2 mayi pracīrṇe ca punaścaranti
śreṣṭho hyahaṃ paśyata māṃ pralīnam //
MBh, 14, 23, 17.2 mayi pracīrṇe ca punaścaranti
śreṣṭho hyahaṃ paśyata māṃ pralīnam //
MBh, 14, 23, 20.2 mayi pracīrṇe ca punaścaranti
śreṣṭho hyahaṃ paśyata māṃ pralīnam //
MBh, 16, 5, 15.2 nāgaśreṣṭho durmukhaścāmbarīṣaḥ svayaṃ rājā varuṇaścāpi rājan /
MBh, 16, 5, 25.1 te vai devāḥ pratyanandanta rājan
muniśreṣṭhā vāgbhir ānarcur īśam /
Manusmṛti
Rāmāyaṇa
Rām, Su, 35, 68.1 sa me
hariśreṣṭha salakṣmaṇaṃ patiṃ sayūthapaṃ kṣipram ihopapādaya /
Saundarānanda
SaundĀ, 14, 52.2 carannātmārāmo yadi ca pibati prītisalilaṃ tato bhuṅkte
śreṣṭhaṃ tridaśapatirājyādapi sukham //
Saṅghabhedavastu
SBhedaV, 1, 82.1 yataś ca te dharmeṇa nādharmeṇa tatrāyaṃ dharmaḥ
śreṣṭho jinendrāṇām te sāyaṃ ca sāyamāśārthinaḥ śālikāraṇāt samavasaranti prātaś ca prātarāśārthinaḥ //
Śira'upaniṣad
ŚiraUpan, 1, 1.3 so 'ntarād antaraṃ prāviśat diśaś cāntaraṃ prāviśat so 'haṃ nityānityo vyaktāvyakto brahmā brahmāhaṃ prāñcaḥ pratyañco 'haṃ dakṣiṇāṃ ca udañco 'ham adhaś cordhvaś cāhaṃ diśaś ca pratidiśaś cāhaṃ pumān apumān striyaś cāhaṃ sāvitry ahaṃ gāyatry ahaṃ triṣṭubjagatyanuṣṭup cāhaṃ chando 'haṃ satyo 'haṃ gārhapatyo dakṣiṇāgnir āhavanīyo 'haṃ gaur ahaṃ gaury aham ṛg ahaṃ yajur ahaṃ sāmāham atharvāṅgiraso 'haṃ jyeṣṭho 'haṃ
śreṣṭho'haṃ variṣṭho 'ham āpo 'haṃ tejo 'haṃ guhyo 'ham araṇyo 'ham akṣaram ahaṃ kṣaram ahaṃ puṣkaram ahaṃ pavitram aham ugraṃ ca baliś ca purastāj jyotir ity aham eva sarvebhyo mām eva sa sarvaḥ samāyo māṃ veda sa devān veda sarvāṃś ca vedān sāṅgān api brahma brāhmaṇaiś ca gāṃ gobhir brāhmaṇān brāhmaṇyena havir haviṣā āyur āyuṣā satyena satyaṃ dharmeṇa dharmaṃ tarpayāmi svena tejasā /
Agnipurāṇa
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā
AHS, Utt., 16, 57.2 dīpaḥ prajvālyaḥ sarpiṣā tatsamutthā
śreṣṭhā pillānāṃ ropaṇārthe maṣī sā //
AHS, Utt., 40, 48.2 pāṇḍau
śreṣṭham ayo 'bhayānilakaphe plīhāmaye pippalī saṃdhāne kṛmijā viṣe śukatarur medo'nile gugguluḥ //
Bodhicaryāvatāra
Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
Divyāvadāna
Divyāv, 3, 182.0 bhagavan kiṃ mayā tasya pādayor nipatitavyam mahārāja
balaśreṣṭhā hi rājānaḥ //
Harivaṃśa
HV, 2, 16.3 kanyāyāṃ
bharataśreṣṭha vairājasya prajāpateḥ //
HV, 3, 46.1 pūrvamanvantare
śreṣṭhā dvādaśāsan surottamāḥ /
HV, 3, 54.3 pratyaṅgirasajāḥ
śreṣṭhā ṛco brahmarṣisatkṛtāḥ //
HV, 3, 79.1 ete vai dānavāḥ
śreṣṭhā danuvaṃśavivardhanāḥ /
HV, 3, 84.2 suparṇaḥ patatāṃ
śreṣṭho dāruṇaḥ svena karmaṇā //
HV, 3, 103.2 rocayan vai
gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ devānām amitaujasām //
HV, 6, 23.2 nāgānāṃ
bharataśreṣṭha sarpāṇāṃ ca mahīpate //
HV, 7, 55.2 visargaṃ
bharataśreṣṭha sāṃpratasya mahādyute //
HV, 8, 46.2 abhavat sā
saricchreṣṭhā yamunā lokabhāvanī //
HV, 9, 16.2 dik pūrvā
bharataśreṣṭha gayasya tu gayā smṛtā //
HV, 9, 35.1 kṣatriyā
bharataśreṣṭha dikṣu sarvāsu dhārmikāḥ /
HV, 9, 68.1 sa gatvā jayatāṃ
śreṣṭhas tanayaiḥ saha vīryavān /
HV, 9, 71.3 somasya
bharataśreṣṭha dhārormikalilo mahān //
HV, 10, 27.2 kṣatriyāṇāṃ
kuruśreṣṭha pāradānāṃ ca dharmavit //
HV, 10, 66.2 yaḥ sa gaṅgāṃ
saricchreṣṭhām avātārayata prabhuḥ /
HV, 11, 24.1 tvayā ca
bharataśreṣṭha vedadharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ /
HV, 11, 27.2 tad brūhi
bharataśreṣṭha yat te manasi vartate //
HV, 13, 2.1 saṃdeham
amaraśreṣṭhaṃ bhagavantam ariṃdama /
HV, 13, 4.2 saptaite japatāṃ
śreṣṭha svarge pitṛgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /
HV, 13, 13.2 patnī himavataḥ
śreṣṭhā yasyā maināka ucyate //
HV, 13, 75.1 tan nibodha
kuruśreṣṭha yan mayāsīn niśāmitam /
HV, 15, 4.2 aṇuhāt
pārthivaśreṣṭhāt kāmpilye nagarottame //
HV, 15, 5.3 rājā dharmabhṛtāṃ
śreṣṭho yasya putro mahāyaśāḥ //
HV, 15, 54.2 tasmin kāle
kuruśreṣṭha karma cārabdham uttamam //
HV, 18, 7.1 satyadharmabhṛtāṃ
śreṣṭhā durvijñeyākṛtātmabhiḥ /
HV, 22, 26.2 uvāca vadatāṃ
śreṣṭho yayātir garhayan sutam //
HV, 27, 13.2 babhruḥ
śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ //
Kāmasūtra
Kātyāyanasmṛti
Kāvyālaṃkāra
KāvyAl, 5, 63.1 prajājanaśreṣṭhavariṣṭhabhūbhṛcchirocitāṅghreḥ pṛthukīrtidhiṣṇya /
Kūrmapurāṇa
Liṅgapurāṇa
Matsyapurāṇa
MPur, 25, 1.2 kimarthaṃ pauravo vaṃśaḥ
śreṣṭhatvaṃ prāpa bhūtale /
MPur, 32, 5.3 apatyaṃ yadi te labdhaṃ
jyeṣṭhācchreṣṭhācca vai dvijāt //
MPur, 39, 21.2 kiṃ svitkṛtvā labhate tāta saṃjñāṃ martyaḥ
śreṣṭhāṃ tapasā vidyayā vā /
MPur, 44, 6.3 nirdagdhuṃ tapatāṃ
śreṣṭha tena tvāṃ praṇamāmyaham //
MPur, 50, 48.1 teṣāṃ duryodhanaḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ sarvakṣatrasya vai prabhuḥ /
MPur, 50, 51.2 draupadyajanayacchreṣṭhaṃ prativindhyaṃ yudhiṣṭhirāt //
MPur, 59, 8.1 dhūpo'tra guggulaḥ
śreṣṭhastāmrapātrairadhiṣṭhitān /
Nāradasmṛti
Nāṭyaśāstra
Pañcārthabhāṣya
Suśrutasaṃhitā
Su, Utt., 23, 4.2 ugrā kuṣṭhaṃ tīkṣṇagandhā viḍaṅgaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ nityaṃ cāvapīḍe karañjam //
Vaikhānasadharmasūtra
VaikhDhS, 3, 2.0 snātakarājaguruśreṣṭharogibhārabhṛdantarvatnīnāṃ deyo vātārkaraśmibhiḥ panthānaḥ śudhyanti parasyāsanaśayanāny adattāni nopayuñjīta adatteṣūpayukteṣu svapuṇyacaturthāṃśo jahāti anyopayuktāni vastramālyopānaṭchattrāṇi naiva dhārayed agnau pādaṃ na tāpayed agnāv agniṃ vā devālaye 'gnau jale ca mūtrapurīṣapūyaśoṇitaretaḥśleṣmocchiṣṭāṅganiṣpeṣān na prakṣipet nagnāṃ parastriyaṃ viṇmūtre ca na paśyed ucchiṣṭo devārkacandragraharkṣatārā nekṣeta devagurusnātakadīkṣitarājagośreṣṭhānāṃ chāyāṃ nākramati indradhanuḥ parasmai na darśayen na vadet svapantaṃ nāvabodhayed eko 'dhvānaṃ na gacchet parakṣetre carantīṃ gāṃ dhayantaṃ vatsaṃ ca na vārayej jīrṇamalavāsā na syāt //
VaikhDhS, 3, 2.0 snātakarājaguruśreṣṭharogibhārabhṛdantarvatnīnāṃ deyo vātārkaraśmibhiḥ panthānaḥ śudhyanti parasyāsanaśayanāny adattāni nopayuñjīta adatteṣūpayukteṣu svapuṇyacaturthāṃśo jahāti anyopayuktāni vastramālyopānaṭchattrāṇi naiva dhārayed agnau pādaṃ na tāpayed agnāv agniṃ vā devālaye 'gnau jale ca mūtrapurīṣapūyaśoṇitaretaḥśleṣmocchiṣṭāṅganiṣpeṣān na prakṣipet nagnāṃ parastriyaṃ viṇmūtre ca na paśyed ucchiṣṭo devārkacandragraharkṣatārā nekṣeta
devagurusnātakadīkṣitarājagośreṣṭhānāṃ chāyāṃ nākramati indradhanuḥ parasmai na darśayen na vadet svapantaṃ nāvabodhayed eko 'dhvānaṃ na gacchet parakṣetre carantīṃ gāṃ dhayantaṃ vatsaṃ ca na vārayej jīrṇamalavāsā na syāt //
Viṣṇupurāṇa
Viṣṇusmṛti
Yājñavalkyasmṛti
Ṛtusaṃhāra
Ayurvedarasāyana
Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Bhāratamañjarī
Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu
Garuḍapurāṇa
Hitopadeśa
Kālikāpurāṇa
Kṛṣiparāśara
Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava
KAM, 1, 23.3 na hi samprāpyate
śreṣṭhaṃ tasmād ārādhayācyutam //
Madanapālanighaṇṭu
Mātṛkābhedatantra
MBhT, 5, 10.2 prajapet
sādhakaśreṣṭhas tataḥ siddho bhaved dhruvam //
Mṛgendratantra
Mṛgendraṭīkā
Nibandhasaṃgraha
Nighaṇṭuśeṣa
Rasahṛdayatantra
RHT, 4, 7.2 alpabalā niḥsattvā vajrī
śreṣṭhastu sarveṣām //
RHT, 10, 3.2 dhārodambhasi
śreṣṭhaṃ tadaśma śailodakaṃ prāpya //
RHT, 17, 3.2 krāmaṇametacchreṣṭhaṃ lepe kṣepe sadā yojyam //
Rasamañjarī
RMañj, 3, 6.2 vraṇādilepane śvetaḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇastu durlabhaḥ //
Rasaprakāśasudhākara
RPSudh, 6, 24.2 netravyādhau śodhane ropaṇe ca
śreṣṭhaṃ proktaṃ karṇarogapraśāṃtyai //
RPSudh, 7, 21.1 pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ
śreṣṭhametatpradiṣṭaṃ dravyād vīryāt pākataśca prabhāvāt /
RPSudh, 7, 23.2 aṣṭau cetsyuḥ phālakā bhāsuraṃ vai pūrvaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ sarvadoṣāpahaṃ syāt //
Rasaratnasamuccaya
RRS, 2, 9.3 pītābhamabhrakaṃ yattu
śreṣṭhaṃ tatpītakarmaṇi //
RRS, 2, 144.2 śreṣṭhau siddharasau khyātau dehalohakarau param //
RRS, 3, 4.2 siddhāṅganābhiḥ
śreṣṭhābhistathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ //
RRS, 3, 15.2 śukapicchaḥ sa eva
syācchreṣṭho rasarasāyane //
RRS, 3, 93.2 uttaroktaguṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhā bhūrisattvā prakīrtitā //
RRS, 3, 114.1 pītaprabhaṃ guru snigdhaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ kaṅkuṣṭhamādimam /
RRS, 3, 131.1 pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ guṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ kāravallīphale kṣipet /
RRS, 4, 10.2 vṛttāyataṃ samaṃ gātraṃ māṇikyaṃ
śreṣṭhamucyate //
RRS, 4, 11.2 pūrvamāṇikyavacchreṣṭhaṃ māṇikyaṃ nīlagandhi tat //
RRS, 4, 27.2 pūrvaṃ pūrvamiha
śreṣṭhaṃ rasavīryavipākataḥ //
RRS, 5, 9.2 rasāyanaṃ
mahāśreṣṭhaṃ pavitraṃ vedhajaṃ hi tat //
RRS, 5, 13.1 lohānāṃ māraṇaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ sarveṣāṃ rasabhasmanā /
RRS, 5, 44.2 nirvikāraṃ
guṇaśreṣṭhaṃ tāmraṃ nepālamucyate //
RRS, 5, 85.1 sparśavedhi bhavetpītaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ rasāyane /
RRS, 5, 91.2 catuṣpañcamukhaṃ
śreṣṭhamuttamaṃ sarvatomukham //
RRS, 5, 153.2 khuraṃ tatra guṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ miśrakaṃ na hitaṃ matam //
RRS, 9, 78.3 khallapramāṇaṃ tajjñeyaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ syādrasakarmaṇi //
Rasaratnākara
Rasendracintāmaṇi
RCint, 6, 9.1 piṣṭvā lepyaṃ svarṇapatraṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ puṭena śudhyati /
Rasendracūḍāmaṇi
RCūM, 12, 5.3 pūrvamāṇikyavacchreṣṭhaṃ māṇikyaṃ nīlagandhi tat //
RCūM, 14, 8.2 rasāyanaṃ
mahāśreṣṭhaṃ pāpaghnaṃ vedhajaṃ hi tat //
RCūM, 14, 10.2 snigdhaṃ svarṇaṃ ravivirahitaṃ styānaraktaprabhāḍhyaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ diṣṭam atulitalasaccāruvarṇaṃ ca svarṇam //
Rasendrasārasaṃgraha
RSS, 1, 5.2 asādhyeṣvapi dātavyo raso'taḥ
śreṣṭha ucyate //
RSS, 1, 79.2 jarāṇāṃ nāśanaḥ
śreṣṭhas tadvacchrīsukhakārakaḥ //
RSS, 1, 85.2 lakṣaṇaṃ bhasmasūtānāṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ syāduttarottaram //
RSS, 1, 117.3 vraṇādilepane śvetaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ sudurlabhaḥ //
Rasādhyāya
Rasārṇava
RArṇ, 4, 30.2 ādyā
śreṣṭhā kaniṣṭhāntyā madhyamā madhyamā matā //
RArṇ, 6, 43.1 sparśavedhi bhavet pītaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ rasāyane /
RArṇ, 8, 87.0 pakvaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ samaṃ garbhe yaddravedrañjayecca tam //
Ratnadīpikā
Rājanighaṇṭu
RājNigh, 12, 9.1 śreṣṭhaṃ koṭarakarparopakalitaṃ sugranthi sadgauravaṃ chede raktamayaṃ tathā ca vimalaṃ pītaṃ ca yad dharṣaṇe /
RājNigh, Pānīyādivarga, 46.2 vātaghnaṃ tu śilāśirottham amalaṃ pathyaṃ laghu svādu ca
śreṣṭhaṃ śyāmamṛdas tridoṣaśamanaṃ sarvāmayaghnaṃ payaḥ //
RājNigh, Kṣīrādivarga, 54.2 mandāgnāv arucau vidāhaviṣamaśvāsārtikāsādiṣu
śreṣṭhaṃ pathyatamaṃ vadanti sudhiyas takratrayaṃ hy uttamam //
Sarvāṅgasundarā
SarvSund zu AHS, Utt., 39, 79.2, 1.0 jaladroṇe vraṇakṛtāṃ bhallātakānāṃ śatatrayādvipakvāt kvāthasyāḍhake 'vaśiṣṭe tilatailāḍhakaṃ tiktādibhiḥ pālikaiḥ kalkitaiḥ pakvaṃ niḥśeṣakuṣṭhaniṣūdanāya paraṃ
śreṣṭham //
SarvSund zu AHS, Utt., 39, 112.2, 1.0 svarbhānor amṛtāpaharaṇāparādhena kaṇṭhācchinnādye 'mṛtasya bindavo dharitryāṃ patitās te laśunatvaṃ prāptāḥ yato 'smāddhetor daityadehotthaṃ laśunam ato dvijā na bhakṣayanti sākṣāccāmṛtasambhūtatvāddhetor asau rasono rasāyanaṃ grāmaṇīḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ //
Skandapurāṇa
Ānandakanda
ĀK, 1, 16, 33.2 śreṣṭhaḥ sarvarasāyaneṣu viduṣāṃ bhogārthināṃ yogināṃ siddhiṃ samyagihātanoti vapuṣaḥ saṃsevanād anvaham //
ĀK, 2, 6, 1.3 khuraṃ tatra guṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ guṇahīnaṃ tu miśrakam //
Āyurvedadīpikā
ĀVDīp zu Ca, Sū., 6, 8.3, 2.0 visargasyādau varṣāsu ādānasyānte grīṣme daurbalyaṃ prakarṣaṃ prāptaṃ nirdiśediti sambandhaḥ tathā madhye visargasya śaradi ādānasya madhye vasante madhyaṃ nātikṣīṇaṃ nātivṛddhaṃ balaṃ vinirdiśediti yojyaṃ tathānte visargasya hemante agre ca prathame ādānasya śiśire
śreṣṭhaṃ balaṃ vinirdiśediti yojanā //
ĀVDīp zu Ca, Nid., 1, 4, 9.0 āgantavaścābhighātādijā rogā āgneyādiṣvevāntarbhavanti yatastatrāpi hi doṣaprakopo 'vyapadeśyo 'styeva kiṃvā apare iti apradhānāḥ paro hi
śreṣṭha ucyate apradhānatve coktaivopapattiḥ //
Śukasaptati
Śyainikaśāstra
Śārṅgadharasaṃhitādīpikā
Bhāvaprakāśa
Dhanurveda
Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā
Gokarṇapurāṇasāraḥ
Gūḍhārthadīpikā
Haribhaktivilāsa
HBhVil, 5, 201.1 idānīṃ krameṇa vittadharmamokṣakāmākhyapuruṣārthacatuṣṭayasya tathā sarvataḥ
śreṣṭhasya pañcamapuruṣārtharūpāyā bhakteś ca vāñchāyāḥ pradānāṃ devādīnāṃ dhyānam āha gopeti pañcabhiḥ /
HBhVil, 5, 205.5 ata eva munīndraṃ
munigaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ dhātṛsutaṃ śrīnāradaṃ nabhasi samyak cintayet /
Haṭhayogapradīpikā
Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu
Mugdhāvabodhinī
MuA zu RHT, 5, 17.2, 2.0 athaveti samuccaye rasakavaraṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ kharparikaṃ śuddhahemni pūrṇavarṇe śatanirvyūḍhaṃ kuryāt śataguṇanirvāhaḥ kāryaḥ ekaguṇasvarṇe śataguṇanirvāha iti yuktaṃ evaṃ kṛte sati varabījaṃ śreṣṭhabījaṃ bhavati tadbījaṃ garbhe rasodare dravati garbhe drutirbhavati rasendre pārade śīghraṃ avilambitaṃ jarati ca niḥśeṣatām āpnoti vidhānena iti śeṣaḥ atra dravaṇe jaraṇe ca na sandehaḥ //
MuA zu RHT, 5, 17.2, 2.0 athaveti samuccaye rasakavaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kharparikaṃ śuddhahemni pūrṇavarṇe śatanirvyūḍhaṃ kuryāt śataguṇanirvāhaḥ kāryaḥ ekaguṇasvarṇe śataguṇanirvāha iti yuktaṃ evaṃ kṛte sati varabījaṃ
śreṣṭhabījaṃ bhavati tadbījaṃ garbhe rasodare dravati garbhe drutirbhavati rasendre pārade śīghraṃ avilambitaṃ jarati ca niḥśeṣatām āpnoti vidhānena iti śeṣaḥ atra dravaṇe jaraṇe ca na sandehaḥ //
MuA zu RHT, 5, 38.2, 2.0 varanāgaṃ
śreṣṭhajāti sīsakaṃ jāraṇayogyaṃ rasarājaṃ uktasaṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛtaṃ pāradaṃ bījavaraṃ hemabījaṃ etattrayaṃ sāritaṃ militaṃ kāryaṃ punargandhakaśilālasahitaṃ gandhakaṃ pratītaṃ śilā manaḥśilā ālaṃ haritālaṃ dvandvastāni taiḥ sahitaṃ ca kāryaṃ etat sarvaṣaṭkaṃ dīpavartitaḥ prajvālitadīpavartiyogāt nirnāgaṃ nāgavarjitaṃ bhavati nāgaṃ jaratītyarthaḥ //
MuA zu RHT, 5, 50.2, 1.0 nāgena bījakaraṇamāha ujjvalahemavare
svarṇaśreṣṭhe āvartye samyagdrute nāgaṃ śuddhasīsakaṃ āvartyaṃ pradrāvyaṃ kiṃ kṛtvā samaṃ svarṇasamabhāgakṣepaṃ kṣiptvā punarnāgopari triguṇaśilāprativāpaṃ triguṇā yā śilā tasyā nirvāpaṃ kuryāt //
MuA zu RHT, 8, 7.2, 2.0 rasarañjane rasendre rāgakarmaṇi kāntaṃ cumbakapāṣāṇotthaṃ lohaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ veti samuccaye tīkṣṇaṃ lohabhedo vā kāñcīṃ svarṇamākṣikaṃ vā vajrasasyakādīnāṃ vajrasasyakāvādiryeṣāṃ te teṣāṃ hīrakacapalādīnāṃ ekatamaṃ tanmadhyādekatamaṃ sarvaṃ vā atrābhīṣṭaśabdasya pratyekaṃ saṃbandhaḥ hīrakādīni ratnāni sasyakādyā upadhātavaḥ //
MuA zu RHT, 10, 3.2, 11.0 nānāvidhasaṃsthānaṃ kutaḥ dhārodambhasi dhārābhirudanta unmattamambho yatra samaye tasmin varṣākāle śailodakaṃ śilāsaṃbandhi yadudakaṃ jalaṃ tat prāpya
śreṣṭhaṃ tadaśma vaikrāntābhidhānaṃ nānāvarṇaṃ bhavati yataḥ śilodakasya nānāvidhatvam //
MuA zu RHT, 17, 5.2, 3.0 etat
śreṣṭhaṃ sarvottamaṃ krāmaṇaṃ anena sūtaḥ krāmati viśati loheṣviti vyāptiḥ tatkrāmaṇaṃ kathitam //
MuA zu RHT, 18, 55.2, 4.0 pakvaṃ nāgacūrṇaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ
śreṣṭhavidhānaṃ yathā syāttathā śilayā vartitaṃ san nirguṇḍīrasabhāvitapuṭitaṃ pūrṇaṃ bhāvitaṃ gharmapuṭitaṃ paścātpuṭitaṃ vahnipuṭitaṃ kuryāt //
MuA zu RHT, 19, 44.2, 5.0 pāne akṣāraṃ jalaṃ miṣṭajalaṃ prayojyaṃ punaḥ yāni kāni miṣṭāni dravyāṇi atrānuktatamāni praśastāni
śreṣṭhāni punaḥ caturjātakakarpūrāmodamuditamukhaṃ yathā syāt tathā dravyaṃ peyaṃ pātavyaṃ caturjātakaṃ tvakpatrailānāgakesaraṃ karpūraṃ ghanasāraṃ eṣām āmodena parimalena muditaṃ yanmukhaṃ vāsitamukham ityarthaḥ //
Rasakāmadhenu
Rasaratnasamuccayabodhinī
Rasaratnasamuccayadīpikā
RRSDīp zu RRS, 8, 74, 1.0 jāraṇāṃ vivakṣuḥ prathamaṃ tadbhedān āha varavārtikaiḥ
śreṣṭharasaśāstratattvajñair iti trirūpā tribhedā jāraṇā nirdiṣṭā proktā //
Rasaratnasamuccayaṭīkā
Rasasaṃketakalikā
RSK, 2, 10.2 vyutkrameṇa guṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ nāgottīrṇaṃ rase hitam //
RSK, 2, 15.2 miśrito nāgalohābhyāṃ na
śreṣṭho rasakarmaṇi //
RSK, 2, 25.2 khurakaṃ tu guṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ miśrakaṃ na rase hitam //
RSK, 3, 5.1 śreṣṭhamadhyāvarā mātrā aṣṭaṣaṭkacaturyavāḥ /
Rasārṇavakalpa
RAK, 1, 84.1 tattāre jāyate
śreṣṭhaṃ dharmakāmārthasiddhidam /
Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa)
Sātvatatantra
SātT, 4, 58.2 prathamaṃ madhyamaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ kramaśaḥ śṛṇu tan mune //
SātT, 4, 61.2 tat sarvaṃ kṛṣṇapādābje kṛtaṃ
śreṣṭhaṃ prakīrtitam //
SātT, 4, 67.2 vakṣye tat te
muniśreṣṭha viṣṇubhakto yato bhavān //
SātT, 4, 76.2 śreṣṭhamadhyamanīceṣu hy ātmanaḥ sa tu madhyamaḥ //
SātT, 5, 42.1 prāyo bhaktā bhaviṣyanti tasmāc
chreṣṭhayugaḥ kaliḥ /
SātT, 9, 30.2 sthāne sthāne
muniśreṣṭha kathayiṣyanti bhūriśaḥ //
Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra
Yogaratnākara
YRā, Dh., 94.2 khuraṃ tatra guṇaiḥ
śreṣṭhaṃ miśrakaṃ na hitaṃ matam //
YRā, Dh., 326.1 śilājatu
śreṣṭhamavāpya pātre prakṣipya toyaṃ dviguṇaṃ tato'smāt /
Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra
ŚāṅkhŚS, 4, 12, 10.0 svayambhūr asi
śreṣṭho raśmir āyurdā asyāyur me dehi varcodā asi varco me dehi tanūpā asi tanvaṃ me pāhīdam aham ābhyo digbhyo 'syai divo 'smād antarikṣād asmād annādyād asyai pratiṣṭhāyai dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ nirbhajāmi nirbhakto dviṣan bhrātṛvya ity ādityam upasthāya //