आर्य [ ārya ] [ ā́rya ] m. ( fr. [ aryá ] , √ [ ṛ ] ) , a respectable or honourable or faithful man , an inhabitant of Āryāvarta

one who is faithful to the religion of his country

N. of the race which immigrated from Central Asia into Āryāvarta ( opposed to [ an-ārya ] , [ dasyu ] , [ dāsa ] )

in later times N. of the first three castes ( opposed to [ śūdra ] ) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. MBh. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Pañcat.

a man highly esteemed , a respectable , honourable man Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Śak.

a master , an owner Lit. L.

a friend Lit. L.

a Vaiśya Lit. L.

Buddha

( with Buddhists ( Pāli , or [ ariyo ] ) ) a man who has thought on the four chief truths of Buddhism (see next col.) and lives accordingly , a Buddhist priest

a son of Manu Sāvarṇa Lit. Hariv.

[ ārya ] mf ( [ ā ] and [ ā́rī ] ) n. Āryan , favourable to the Āryan people Lit. RV.

behaving like an Āryan , worthy of one , honourable , respectable , noble Lit. R. Lit. Mn. Lit. Śak.

of a good family

excellent

wise

suitable

[ āryā ] f. a name of Pārvatī Lit. Hariv.

a kind of metre of two lines (each line consisting of seven and a half feet ; each foot containing four instants , except the sixth of the second line , which contains only one , and is therefore a single short syllable ; hence there are thirty instants in the first line and twenty-seven in the second) ; ( ( cf. Old Germ. (êra) ; Mod. Germ. (Ehre) ; Irish (Erin) . ) )

(also) N. of a Stotra