उत्तम _uttama

उत्तम a. [उद्-तमप्]

1 Best, excellent (oft. in comp.); उत्तमे शिखरे देवी Mahānār. Up.15.5. स उत्तमः पुरुषः Ch. Up.8.12.3. उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः Bg.15.17. द्विजोत्तमः the best of Brāhmaṇas; so सुर˚, नर˚ &c.; प्रायेणाधममध्यमोत्तमगुणः संसर्गतो जायते Bh.2.67.

-2 Foremost, uppermost, highest (opp. हीन, जघन्य).

-3 Most elevated, chief, principal.

-4 Greatest, first; स गच्छत्युत्तमस्थानम् Ms.2.249.

-मः 1 N. of Viṣṇu.

-2 The third person (= first person according to English phraseology). (pl.) N. of a people; Mb.

-मा 1 An excellent woman.

-2 A kind of pustule or pimple.

-3 The plant Asclepias Rosea Roxb. (दुग्धिका; Mar. भुई- आंवळी, अळिता).

-Comp. -उङ्गम् 'the best limb of the body', the head; कश्चिद् द्विषत्खङ्गहृतोत्तमाङ्गः R.7.51; Ms.1.93,8.3; Ku.7.41; Bg.11.27. the back; तान् क्षिप्रं व्रज सतताग्निहोत्रयाजिन् । मत्तुल्यो भव गरुडोत्तमाङ्गयानः ॥ Mb.7.143.48.

-अधम a. high and low; ˚मध्यम good, middling, and bad; high, low, and middling; (the order is often reversed); cf. भक्षयित्वा बहून्मत्स्यानुत्तमाधम- मध्यमान् Pt.1.21.

-अम्भस् n. a sort of satisfaction (acquiescence) one of the nine kinds of तुष्टि in Sāṅ. Phil.

-अरणी the plant Asparagus Racemosus (इन्दीवरी शतावरी).

-अर्धः 1 the best half.

-2 the last half or part.

-अर्ध्य a. pertaining to the best half.

-अहः the last or latest day; a fine or lucky day.

-उपपद a. one to whom the best term is applicable, best, excellent.

ऋणः, ऋणिकः (उत्तमर्णः) a creditor (opp. अधमर्णः) धारेरुत्तमर्णः P.I.4.35; अधमर्णार्थसिद्धयर्थमुत्तमर्णेन चोदितः Ms.8.47,5; Y.2.42. Śukra.4.831. (pl.) N. of a people; V. P., Mārk. P.

-ओजस् a. of excellent valour, N. of one of the warriors of the Mahābhārata; उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् Bg.1.6.

-गन्धाढ्य a. possessing copiously the most delicious fragrance.

-गुण a. of the best qualities, best, highest; विघ्नैः पुनः पुनरपि प्रतिहन्यमानाः प्रारब्धमुत्तमगुणा न परित्यजन्ति Mu.2.17. (v. l.)

-दशतालम् A sculptural measurement in which the whole height of an image is generally divided into 12 equal parts. The same measurement in 112 equal parts is called उत्तमनवताल.

-पदम् a high office.

-पु (पू)- रुषः 1 the third person in verbal conjugation; (= first person according to English phraseology; in Sanskrit, verbs are conjugated by putting the English I st person last and 3 rd person first).

-2 the Supreme Spirit.

-3 an excellent man.

-फलिनी f. The plant Oxystelma Esculentum (Mar. दुधी, दुधाणी).

-लाभः an excellent profit.

-वयसम् The last period of life; Śat. Br.12.9.1.8.

-व्रता A wife devoted to the husband; हृदयस्येव शोकाग्निसंतप्तस्योत्तमव्रताम् Bk.9.87.

-वेशः N. of Śiva.

-शाखः 1 a tree having excellent branches.

-2 N. of a region.

-श्रुत a. Possessing the utmost learning. Rām.

-श्लोक a. of excellent fame, illustrious, glorious, well-known, famous.

-कः N. of Vi&stoa;ṇu, क उत्तमश्लोक- गुणानुवादात् पुमान् विरज्येत विना पशुघ्नात् Bhāg.1.1.4.

-संग्रहः (˚स्त्री˚) intriguing with another man's wife, i. e. speaking with her privately, looking amorously at her &c.

-साहसः, -सम् 1 the highest (of the fixed) pecuniary punishments; a fine of 1 (or according to some 8,) paṇas; Ms.9.24; Y.1.366; पणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः । मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रं त्वेष चोत्तमः ॥ Capital punishment, banishment, confiscation, and mutilation are also regarded as forms of this punishment.