Naruttama, Nara-uttama, Narottama: 17 definitions
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Naruttama means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Narottam.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Seventy three kappas ago there were four kings of this name, all previous births of Tikannapupphiya. Ap.i.195.
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
Pali-English dictionary
naruttama : (m.) the lord of men.
Naruttama refers to: best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) S. I, 23; D. III, 147; Sn. 1021;
Note: naruttama is a Pali compound consisting of the words nara and uttama.
naruttama (နရုတ္တမ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[nara+uttama．naresu utta．thoma．(narottama-saṃ,ṇaruttama-prā)]
[နရ+ဥတ္တမ။ နရေသု ဥတ္တမး။ ထောမ။ (နရောတ္တမ-သံ၊ ဏရုတ္တမ-ပြာ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
naruttama—
(Burmese text): ဘုရား။ (က) လူတို့ထက်မြတ်သော။ (ခ) လူတို့-၌-တွင်-မြတ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): God. (a) Superior to humans. (b) Esteemed among humans.
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
Narottama (नरोत्तम).—
1) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
2) of Buddha.
Derivable forms: narottamaḥ (नरोत्तमः).
Narottama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nara and uttama (उत्तम).
Narottama (नरोत्तम).—(= Pali naruttama), highest of men, standard epithet of a Buddha: Mahāvyutpatti 40 = Tibetan mi mchog, best man; et passim.
Narottama (नरोत्तम).—[adjective] the best of men.
1) Narottama (नरोत्तम) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—king, patron of Kṛṣṇa (Pārijātaharaṇacampū). L. 81.
2) Narottama (नरोत्तम):—Adhyātmarāmāyaṇaṭīkā. Io. 562.
3) Narottama (नरोत्तम):—Smṛtisaṃkṣepa.
1) Narottama (नरोत्तम):—[from nara] m. best of men, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Viṣṇu or Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] of [Scholiast or Commentator] on the Adhyātma-rāmāyaṇa, [Catalogue(s)]
Narottama (नरोत्तम):—(nara + uttama) m.
1) der beste unter den Menschen: naraṃ caiva narottamam [Mahābhārata] Einl. [Harivaṃśa 2079.] Beiw. Buddha's [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 2.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Scholiasten des Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 468.]
Narottama (नरोत्तम):——
1) Adj. der beste unter den Menschen. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Scholiasten.
Narottama (नरोत्तम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇaruttama.
Narottama (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 如來 [rú lái]: “thus-come”.
2) 人中尊 [rén zhōng zūn]: “most revered among men”.
3) 勝人 [shèng rén]: “outstanding person”.
4) 無極仁 [wú jí rén]: “supreme benefactor”.
5) 至人 [zhì rén]: “perfected person”.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Narottama (नरोत्तम) [Also spelled narottam]:—(nm) the foremost/best of men; an excellent man.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Ṇaruttama (णरुत्तम) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Narottama.
2) Ṇaruttama (णरुत्तम) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Narottama.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Narottama (नरोत्तम):—n. 1. an eminent person; best of men; 2. Mythol. an epithet of Vishnu;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Uttama, Nara.
Full-text (+5): Narottamadasa, Narottam, Sheng ren, Narottama shukla, Gangottama narottama, Narottama gosvamin, Narottamakirtileshamatradarshaka, Radharasasudhanidhi, Smritisamkshepa, Narottamaranyashishya, Padarthasarasi, Tikannipupphiya, Samarsha, Wu ji ren, Terma, Ren zhong zun, Sheshakrishna, Rasapancadhyayi, Padacandrika, Miga.
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Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
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