Ukara, Ukāra, Ūkāra: 12 definitions
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Ukara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Ukāra (उकार).—The fourth face of Brahmā whence came Tāmasa Manu of copper colour.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 26. 36.
1b) (Svarita, Bhuva.)*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 20. 8-9.
2) Ūkāra (ऊकार).—The fifth face of the fourteen faced god, Cariṣṇava Manu of the pīta colour.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 26. 37.

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraUkāra (उकार) refers to “u” (i.e., ‘the letter known as u’), according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 22.14]—“[...] [Praṇava] grasps everything with its constituent parts. [Praṇava] is unestablished, has become manifest by means of [Śiva’s] internalized autonomy, is without [anything] remnant, [and composed of] the constituent elements that will be taught. [Praṇava] begins with the letter a (akāra) and u (ukāra), etc. In the same way [i.e., because he is made of the same constituent parts], [the Mantrin is able] to grasp everything up to samanā (he internalizes all levels of the sound). [...]”.

Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryukara (उकर).—m ukarī f C (ukaraṇēṃ) A heap of earth scratched up or out.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishukara (उकर).—m A heap of earth scratched up or out.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUkāra (उकार).—
1) The vowel उ (u); अकार उकारो मकारः (akāra ukāro makāraḥ) Māṇd. Up.8.
2) The god Śiva.
Derivable forms: ukāraḥ (उकारः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUkara (उकर).—(°-) (?) (v.l. udakara-, utkara-; compare ugra-lipi), in Mahāvastu i.135.6 (prose) ukara-madhura-darada-cīṇa- (etc.), sc. lipi, a list of various kinds of writing. Senart would em. ukaramadhura to uttara-kuru, very implausibly; the parallel Lalitavistara passage has ugra-lipi which surely represents the same original as this word.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUkāra (उकार).—[masculine] the sound u.
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Ūkāra (ऊकार).—[masculine] the sound ū.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ukāra (उकार):—[=u-kāra] [from u] m. the letter or sound u.
2) Ūkāra (ऊकार):—[=ū-kāra] [from ū] m. the letter or sound ū, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya]
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Ukāra (उकार):—(nm) the vowel u ([u]) and its sound; ~[rāṃta] a word ending in u ([u]).
2) Ūkāra (ऊकार):—(nm) the letter u: ([ū]) and its sound; ~[rāṃta] (a word) endin u: ([ū]).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUkāra (ಉಕಾರ):—
1) [noun] the letter ' ಉ [u] '.
2) [noun] the second of the three syllables that make the sacred compound-syllable ' ಓಂ [om] '.
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Ūkāra (ಊಕಾರ):—[noun] the letter ' ಊ'.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Ukarada, Ukarai, Ukaramanem, Ukaramaram, Ukaramta, Ukaramtate, Ukaranem, Ukarapranama.
Ends with (+127): Abukara, Accukara, Ambusukara, Amcenaukara, Amukara, Anmukara, Anukara, Aranyashukara, Arukara, Asiyerukara, Asukara, Attukara, Auauaukara, Aukara, Bahukara, Behukara, Bhanukara, Bidukara, Biguhukara, Bindukara.
Full-text: Ukira, Ukirada, Carishnava, Ugralipi, Ushnakara, Kara, Sa-kar-otkara, Onkaraprapti, Ganapati, Kevala, Jali, Vigraha, Tamasa, Akara.
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 179 [Śakti as Śabdatattva in the form of Praṇava] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 96 [Praṇava produced by Cakrapañcaka in Kuṇḍalinī] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 115 [Ambara Dvaya-rūpa of Śakti] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 29 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-yāma-sādhana (Niśānta-bhajana–śraddhā)]
Narada Parivrajaka Upanishad of Atharvaveda (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
The equation of the states with the syllable Aum < [Chapter 3: A Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Āgama Prakaraṇa]
Three states of Consciousness: wakeful, dream and deep sleep < [Chapter 3: A Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Āgama Prakaraṇa]
Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
Chapter 15 - Yoga of Devotion (bhakti-yoga)
Appendix 4 - Esoteric Significance of OM enunciated in Śiva Gītā
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 4 - The Origin of Vaiśvānara < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 5 - Dialogue between Nārada and Sutanu < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]