Uttiya, Uttika: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Uttiya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names(see also Uttika Sutta)
1. Uttiya, Uttika - He was the son of a brahmin of Savatthi. When he came of age, he left the world, seeking the Deathless, and became a Paribbajaka. One day, on his travels, he came to the place where the Buddha was preaching and entered the Order, but because of the impurity of his morals he could not win his goal. Seeing other bhikkhus who had achieved their object, he asked the Buddha for a lesson in brief. The Buddha gave him a short lesson, which he used for his meditations. During these meditations he fell ill, but in his anxiety he put forth every effort and became an arahant (Thag.v.30; ThagA.i.89f).
In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a crocodile in the river Candabhaga. One day, seeing the Buddhas desire to cross to the other bank, the crocodile offered him its back to sit on and took him across.
Seven times he was king of the devas, and three times ruler of men (Ap.i.79-80). This Uttiya is evidently identical with the thera of the same name mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya. In one sutta (S.v.22) the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the character of the five sensual elements and the necessity for their abandonment. Elsewhere (S.v.166) he is represented as asking the Buddha for a lesson in brief, which the Buddha gives him. Dwelling in solitude, he meditates on this and becomes an arahant.
Perhaps he is also identical with Uttiya Paribbajaka, who is represented in the Anguttara Nikaya (A.v.193ff) as asking the Buddha various questions on the duration of the world, etc., and as being helped by Ananda to understand the real import of the Buddhas answers.
2. Uttiya Thera - He was one of four companions - the others being Godhika, Subahu and Valliya - who were born at Pava as the sons of four Malls rajas. They were great friends, and once went together on some embassy to Kapilavatthu. There they saw the Buddhas Twin Miracle, and, entering the Order, they soon became arahants. When they went to Rajagaha, Bimbisara invited them to spend the rainy season there and built for each of them a hut, carelessly omitting, however, to have the huts roofed. So the theras dwelt in the huts unsheltered. For a long time there was no rain and the king, wondering thereat, remembered his neglect and had the huts thatched, plastered and painted. He then held a dedication festival and gave alms to the Order. The Elders went inside the huts and entered into a meditation of love. Forthwith the sky darkened in the west and rains fell.
In the time of Siddhattha Buddha the four were householders and friends; one of them gave to the Buddha a ladleful of food, another fell prostrate before the Buddha and worshipped him, the third gave him a handful of flowers, while the fourth paid him homage with sumana flowers.
In Kassapas time, too, they were friends and entered the Order together.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUttiya (उत्तिय).—name of a śreṣṭhin: Mahāvastu i.36.3 ff.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Uṭṭiya (उट्टिय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Auṣṭrika.
Uṭṭiya has the following synonyms: Uṭṭiyaya.
2) Uṭṭiyā (उट्टिया) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Uṣṭrikā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Uttika Sutta, Uttiyam, Uttiyanam, Uttiyanavanam, Uttiyapanam, Uttiyavanavaci, Uttiyaya.
Ends with (+8): Ajuttiya, Aputtiya, Auttiya, Auttiya, Auttiya, Auttiya, Ayya Uttiya, Guttiya, Guttiya, Juttiya, Kacchuttiya, Kesaputtiya, Kuttiya, Mohuttiya, Muttiya, Nathaputtiya, Neruttiya, Niruttiya, Padaputtiya, Paduttiya.
Full-text (+3): Uttika Sutta, Ushtrika, Kalyani Tissa, Aushtrika, Uttiyaya, Samantabhadda, Majun, Somanassamalaka, Uttiyam, Isibhumangana, Theranambandhamalaka, Pallankadayaka, Dakkhina-vihara, Padapujaka, Asela, Sanghamitta Theri, Mutasiva, Subahu, Maha Arittha, Vattagamani Abhaya.
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Vipassana Meditation (by Chanmyay Sayadaw)
Part 1 - Purification Of Moral Conduct < [Chapter 5 - The Seven Stages Of Purification]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on Biography of the thera Uttiya < [Chapter 3 - Subhūtivagga (section on Subhūti)]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter IV(a) - The story of Abhiya < [Volume I]
Dipavamsa (study) (by Sibani Barman)
Cetasikas (by Nina van Gorkom)
Chapter 10 - Right Effort Of The Eightfold Path < [Part II - The Particulars (pakinnaka)]