adjective · uttama 1 · uttama 2
high
Uttama (adjective) [superlative of ud°, to which comparative is uttara. See etymology under ud°] — "ut-most", highest, greatest, best Snp 1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna, for which seṭṭhaṃ Snp 1064; cf. Nidd II §317); Dhp 56; Nidd I 211; Nidd II §502 (in paraphrase of mahā combined with pavara); {131} Pj 124; Dhp-a I 430: Pv-a 1, 50. — dum-uttama a splendid tree Vv 39 3 ; nar° the best of men Snp 1021 (= narāsabha of 996); pur° the most magnificent town Snp 1012; puris° the noblest man Thag 629, 1084; neuter uttamaṃ the highest ideal, i.e. Arahantship Ja I 96. -aṅga the best or most important limb or part of the body, viz. (a) the head Vin II 256 = M I 32 = A IV 278 (in phrase uttamaṅge sirasmiṃ); Ja II 163; also in compound °bhūta the hair of the head Thig 253 (= kāsa-kalāpa Thig-a 209, 210) and °ruha the same Ja I 138 = VI 96 (= kesā commentary); (b) the eye Ja IV 403; (c) the penis Ja V 197; -attha the highest gain or good (i.e. Arahantship Pj II 332) Snp 324; Dhp 386, 403; Dhp-a IV 142; Thig-a 160; -adhama most contemptible Ja V 394, 437; -guṇā (plural) loftiest virtues Ja I 96; -purisa It 97 and °porisa the greatest man (= Mahāpurisa) Dhp 97 (see Dhp-a II 188); -bhāva the highest condition, state or place Dhp-a II 188 (°ṃ patto = purisuttamo).
uttama , ( 1 ) ( nt. ?), top part (of a building), roof or top story : Divy 321.17 (yuvatayo) rodanti veśmottame; ( 2 ) ( m. or nt. ; = Pali id. , see PTSD s.v. kāsika), upper garment : kāśikottama-dhāriṇaḥ ( mss. °vāriṇaḥ) Mv i.296.4 . In Pali also, apparently, only after kāsika; ( 3 ) m. , n. of a nāga king: Māy 247.27 .
uppermost; highest; best; principal; most excellent; most important; utmost; last
【形】 最高的，最好的，貴族，優良的。~ṅga,【中】 最重要的部份即：頭。~ṅgaruha,【中】 頭髮。~attha,【陽】 最高的利益。~porisa,【陽】 最偉大的人。
uttama a. [ ud-tamap ] 1 Best, excellent ( oft. in comp. ); dvijottamaH ( pb ) the best of Brāhmaṇas; so sura°, nara° &c.; prAyeRADamamaDyamottamaguRaH saMsargato jAyate Bh. 2. 67. 2 Foremost, uppermost, highest ( opp. hIna, jaGanya ). 3 Most elevated, chief, principal. 4 Greatest, first; Ms. 2. 249. — maH 1 N. of Viṣṇu. 2 The last person (= first person according to English phraseology). — mA 1 An excellent woman. 2 A kind of pustule or pimple. 3 The plant Asclepias Rosea Roxb. Comp. — aMgaM ‘the best limb ‘of the body’, the head; kaScid dvizatKaqgahftottamAMgaH R. 7. 51 ; Ms. 1. 93 , 8. 300 ; Ku. 7. 41 ; Bg. 11. 27. — aDama a. high and low °maDyama good, middling, and bad; high, low, and middling; (the order is often reversed); cf. Pt. 1. 210. — aMBas n. a sort of satisfaction (acquiescence) in Sān. phil. — araRI the plant Asparagus Racemosus ( iMdIvarI ). — arDaH 1 the best half. 2 the last half or part. — arDya a. pertaining to the best half. — ahaH the last or latest day; a fine or lucky day. — upapada a. one to whom the best term is applicable, best, excellent. — fRaH, -fRikaH ( uMttamarRaH ) a creditor ( opp. aDamarRaH ) DAreruttamarRaH P. I. 4. 35 ; Ms. 8. 47 , 50 ; Y. 2. 42. — ojas a. of excellent valour. — gaMDAQya a. possessing copiously the most delicious fragrance. — guRa a. of the best qualities, best, highest; Mu. 2. 17. — padaM a high office. — pu(pU)ruzaH 1 the last person in verbal conjugation; (=first person according to English phraseology; in Sanskrit verbs are conjugated by putting the English 1st person last and 3rd person first). 2 the Supreme Spirit. 3 an excellent man. — lABaH an excellent profit. — veSaH N. of Śiva. — SAKaH a tree having excellent branches. — Sloka a. of excellent fame, illustrious, glorious, well-known, famous. — saMgrahaH (°strI°) intriguing with another man's wife, i. e. speaking with her privately, looking amorously at her &c. — sAhasaH, -saM 1 the highest (of the fixed) pecuniary punishments; a fine of 1000 (or according to some 80,000) paṇas; Ms. 9. 240 ; Y. 1. 365 ; paRAnAM dve Sate sArDe praTamaH sAhasaH smftaH . maDyamaH paMcavijYeyaH sahasraM tveza cottamaH .. . ( pb ) Capital punishment, banishment, confiscation, and mutilation are also regarded as forms of this punishment.
(adj, adj, superl of ud) best; highest; ultimate; supreme; top highest, best, noble, excellent Construction: ud + tama
(adj, adj, compar of ud) (gram) 1st (person); I; we [lit.] last Construction: ud + tama