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Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आदौādauind. in the beginning, at first.

    indeclinable in the beginning, at first.

    In the Gita3·414·4

    तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ ।

    tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha, — Therefore, O Best of the Bharatas, controlling first the senses, do thou slay this thing of sin destructive of knowledge (in order to live in the… 3·41
    • आदौādaulocative singular of the feminine noun ādi used as an indeclinable meaning 'in the beginning', 'at first'.