ṚV, 7, 77, 5.1 asme śreṣṭhebhir bhānubhir vi bhāhy uṣo devi pratirantī na āyuḥ /

MBh, 2, 2, 23.13 pūjyamāno yaduśreṣṭhair ugrasenamukhaistathā /

MBh, 3, 184, 25.2 ījire kratubhiḥ śreṣṭhaistat padaṃ paramaṃ mune //

MBh, 3, 247, 25.2 gamyante niyamaiḥ śreṣṭhair dānair vā vidhipūrvakaiḥ //

MBh, 6, 100, 8.2 tathānyaiḥ pārthivaśreṣṭhair na vyatiṣṭhanta saṃyuge //

MBh, 6, 107, 55.2 loḍyate rathibhiḥ śreṣṭhaistatra tatraiva bhārata //

MBh, 7, 22, 36.2 nānāvarṇair hayaśreṣṭhair hemacitrarathadhvajāḥ //

MBh, 7, 87, 11.2 gupto rathavaraśreṣṭhair drauṇikarṇakṛpādibhiḥ //

MBh, 12, 162, 24.1 īdṛśaiḥ puruṣaśreṣṭhaiḥ saṃdhiṃ yaḥ kurute nṛpaḥ /

MBh, 14, 35, 21.1 ityuktaḥ sa muniśreṣṭhair yad āha prapitāmahaḥ /

MBh, 15, 24, 17.2 vyarājanta dvijaśreṣṭhaistatra tatra tapodhanaiḥ /

Rām, Bā, 68, 10.2 saha sarvair dvijaśreṣṭhair devair iva śatakratuḥ //

Rām, Bā, 68, 11.2 rāghavaiḥ saha sambandhād vīryaśreṣṭhair mahātmabhiḥ //

Rām, Ay, 1, 25.1 evaṃ śreṣṭhair guṇair yuktaḥ prajānāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ /

Rām, Yu, 31, 31.2 saha sarvair hariśreṣṭhaiḥ suparṇaśvasanopamaiḥ //

Rām, Yu, 58, 12.1 sa tribhir nairṛtaśreṣṭhair yugapat samabhidrutaḥ /

Rām, Yu, 68, 13.2 saha tair vānaraśreṣṭhair abhyadhāvata rāvaṇim //

Rām, Yu, 100, 7.2 pūjyamāno hariśreṣṭhair ājagāma balālayam //

PABh zu PāśupSūtra, 4, 10, 9.0 anyairapi devaśreṣṭhairidaṃ vidhānamācīrṇam //

ViPur, 2, 4, 31.3 vāyubhūtaṃ makhaśreṣṭhairyajvino yajñasaṃsthitam //

ĀK, 1, 10, 129.1 sevyate pramathaśreṣṭhair divyaśaktyā samanvitaḥ /

RRSṬīkā zu RRS, 8, 72.2, 2.0 śreṣṭhai rasavārttākuśalaiḥ sarvavidhā jāraṇā trirūpā triprakārā kathitā bhavati //