Lokuttara, aka: Lokottara, Loka-uttara; 12 Definition(s)

Introduction

Lokuttara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)

Lokuttara means greater than worldly things, higher than worldly thing, beyond worldly thing, or supramundane.

Lokuttara is beyond the world.

'supermundane',

is a term for the 4 paths and 4 fruitions of sotāpatti, etc. (s. ariya-puggala), with Nibbāna as ninth.

Hence one speaks of '9 supermundane things' (nava-lokuttara-dhamma). Cf. prec.

Cittas which experience;

Loka + Uttara = Lokuttara. Here Loka, means the five aggregates. Uttara means above, beyond or that which transcends. It is the supra mundane consciousness that enables one to transcend this world of mind body

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

lokuttara : (adj.) super-mundane; transcendental.

Lokuttara refers to: see under lokiya.

Note: lokuttara is a Pali compound consisting of the words loka and uttara.

context information

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.

Marathi-English dictionary

lōkōttara (लोकोत्तर).—a (S) Beyond what is common; excelling, surpassing, extraordinary, transcendent.

lōkōttara (लोकोत्तर).—a Beyond what is common; excelling.

Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lokottara (लोकोत्तर).—a. extraordinary, uncommon, unusual; लोकोत्तरा च कृतिः (lokottarā ca kṛtiḥ) Bv.1.69.7; U.2.7.

-raḥ a king. °वादिन् (vādin) m. pl. Name of a Buddhist school.

Lokottara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loka and uttara (उत्तर).

Lokottara (लोकोत्तर).—adj. (compare Sanskrit id., Pali lokuttara; compare lokika, laukika), super-worldly, esp. (but not invariably) said of a Buddha and all his aspects and activities, acc. to the Lokottaravādin school: °rasya Buddhasya Śākyamunino Mv i.48.15; °rā(ḥ), said of Buddhas, i.96.12; (na hi kiṃcit samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ lokena samaṃ,) atha khalu sarvam eva maharṣiṇāṃ lokottaraṃ i.159.3 (a summary statement of the doctrine of the L. school); various functions of the Buddha specifically called lok° Mv i.167.17, 18 (see s.v. niṣaṇṇa); 168.1, 2, 3, 4, 9; in Divy 161.25 no creature can comprehend a Buddha's lokottara-cittaṃ, but any creature can understand his laukikaṃ (q.v.) cittaṃ (line 23); (Bodhisattvas) budhyanty āśayasaṃyuktā loke lokot- tare tathā Mv i.86.4, are enlightened in regard to the world and the supramundane, which I think may mean (in the dogmatic sense) what pertains to the Buddha, tho Senart thinks differently; °raṃ arthaṃ (supramundane goal) prārthayamāno Bodhisattvo Mv ii.279.8; °rābhiḥ kathā- bhiḥ Sukh 59.10, see s.v. lokika; in Laṅk 156.15 (compare 157.9, 11) jñāna, and in 237.2—3 ff. pāramitā, are of three kinds, laukika (of worldly persons and heretics), lokottara (of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas), and lokottaratama (of Bodhisattvas); here the word can hardly have its technical dogmatic meaning.

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