Gutti: 6 definitions

Introduction
Biology
Languages
1. Pali
2. Sanskrit
3. Prakrit
4. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Gutti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Gutti in India is the name of a plant defined with Casearia esculenta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Guidonia esculenta (Roxb.) Baill. (among others).

2) Gutti is also identified with Polyalthia cerasoides It has the synonym Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Numer. List (7192)
· Flora of the British India (1872)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Traité de Botanique Médicale Phanérogamique (1883)
· Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India (1972)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gutti, for example health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

context information

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

gutti : (f.) protection; guard; watchfulness.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Gutti, (f.) (Vedic gupti) protection, defence, guard; watchfulness.—(a) lit. of a city A.IV, 106 sq.—(b) fig. of the senses in indriyānaṃ gutti Dh.375; Pug.24 (+gopanā); Dhs.1348; Sdhp.341 (agutti); Vin.IV, 305; A.II, 72 (atta°); also in pl.: guttīsu ussuka keen in the practice of watchfulness D.III, 148. (Page 252)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Gutti (गुत्ति).—(MIndic for gupti, which is recorded in Sanskrit Lex. in this sense, and similarly AMg. gutta), hole or cave, used as lair by animals: Mahāvastu i.20.6 and 23.1 randhreṣu (? mss. corrupt) vā guttīṣu vā kārāsu vā bandheṣu vā sāhikānāṃ vā kiṃpuruṣ(ak)āṇāṃ (? see s.v.) vā undu- rūṇāṃ vā biḍālānāṃ vā ajagarāṇāṃ vā bile(ṣu)…How- ever, the whole passage is doubtful; mss. very corrupt.

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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 dictionary

1) Gutti (गुत्ति) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Gupti.

2) Gutti (गुत्ति) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Gupti.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Guṭṭi (ಗುಟ್ಟಿ):—[noun] a mixture of medicine of such a quantity as can be easily swallowed even by children; a tablet.

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Guṭṭi (ಗುಟ್ಟಿ):—

1) [noun] a wild boar or swine (Sus scrofa) (esp. female).

2) [noun] the plant Tacca integrifolia of Taccaceae family.

3) [noun] its bulbous root.

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Gutti (ಗುತ್ತಿ):—

1) [noun] a number of things of the same sort grown together; a bunch; a cluster.

2) [noun] a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length; a bush.

3) [noun] (dial.) the lower end of a plant remaining in the ground after most of the stem or trunk has been cut off; a stump.

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Gutti (ಗುತ್ತಿ):—[noun] the soil of the earth; earth; land; ground.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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