Ukka, Ukkā, Ukka: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Ukka means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit, biology, Tamil. 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.
India history and geography
Ukka or Ukkā.—(Chamba), the total sum; a lump sum. Note: ukka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Ukka in India is the name of a plant defined with Daemia extensa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov. (among others).
2) Ukka is also identified with Pergularia daemia It has the synonym Asclepias muricata Schumach. & Thonn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
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· Resultati Scientifici della Missione Stefanini-Paoli nella Somalia Italiana (1916)
· Miscellanea Austriaca ad Botanicam, Chemiam, et Historiam Naturalem Spectantia (1781)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1820)
· Nicolai Josephi Jacquin Miscellanea austriaca (1781)
· Botanisches Wörterbuch (1797)
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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
ukkā : (f.) 1. a torch; 2. a meteor; 3. forge of a smith.
Ukkā, (f.) (Vedic ulkā & ulkuṣī, cp. Gr. a)/flac (= lamprώs torch Hesychius), velxάnos (= Volcanus); Lat. Volcanus, Oir. Olcān, Idg. *ǔI̊q to be fiery) 1. firebrand, glow of fire, torch D. I, 49, 108; S. II, 264; Th. 2, 488 (°ûpama); J. I, 34 (dhamm-okkā); II, 401; IV, 291; V, 322; Vism. 428; ThA. 287; DA. I, 148; DhA. I, 42, 205; PvA. 154. Esp. as tiṇ° firebrand of dry grass M. I, 128, 365; Nd2 40Ie; DhA. I, 126; Sdhp. 573.—2. a furnace or forge of a smith A. I, 210, 257; J. VI, 437; see also below °mukha. ‹-› 3. a meteor: see below °pāta.
1) ukka (ဥက္က) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[usa+ka．ukkā-hu itthi puṃ so liṅgavipallāsa-]
[ဥသ+က။ ဥက္ကာ-ဟု ဣတ္ထိလိင်ဖြင့် ဆိုလိုလျက် ပုံလိင်သို့ ပြောင်းထားသော လိင်္ဂဝိပလ္လာသ-ပုဒ်တည်း]
2) ukkā (ဥက္ကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[usa+ka．usa dāhe,usatīti ukkā．ṇvādi．15．uca+ka．nīti,dhā．223．]
[ဥသ+က။ ဥသ ဒါဟေ၊ ဥသတီတိ ဥက္ကာ။ ဏွာဒိ။ ၁၅။ဥစ+က။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၂၂၃။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) ukka—
(Burmese text): ပသန္နစိတ္တော သုမနော၊ တယော ဥက္ကေ အဓာရယိံ။ အပ၊ ၂။၃၄။ထေရ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၂။၁ဝ။
(Auto-Translation): The texts appear to be references to specific religious or philosophical teachings, likely in the context of a traditional scripture. The translations of such references might vary, but without additional context, they do not translate directly into a coherent English sentence and seem to represent citations.
2) ukkā—
(Burmese text): (၁) မီးရှူး၊ မီးစည်း။ (၂) မီးအိုးကင်း။ (၃) ပန်းပဲဖို။ (၄) လေ၏အဟုန်၊ (ကောင်းကင်၌ လေထုအဟုန်တို့ အချင်းချင်း ထိခိုက်၍ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သော အရောင်အလင်း)။ (၅) ရွှေပန်းထိမ်သည်တို့၏ မိုက်ခွက်။ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌာ-ကြည့်။ ဥက္ကာမုခ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Firecracker, fire stick. (2) Fire pot cover. (3) Bean pot. (4) The weight of the wind (colors and light that emerge from the collision of air masses in the sky). (5) The cup of golden flowers. Verily, look. Indeed, observe.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Ukka (उक्क) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Utka.
2) Ukka (उक्क) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ukta.
3) Ukkā (उक्का) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ulkā.
4) Ukka (उक्क) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ukṣ.
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.
Tamil dictionary
Ukkā (உக்கா) noun < Urdu huqqa. Hookah, Turkish tobacco pipe and its apparatus by which smoke is drawn through water; கஞ்சா முதலியவற்றின் புகைகுடிக்குங் கருவி. [kancha muthaliyavarrin pugaigudikkung karuvi.]
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Ukkā (உக்கா) noun Toddy; கள். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [kal. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+20): Ukkacana, Ukkacca, Ukkaccha, Ukkacchia, Ukkacela, Ukkacela Sutta, Ukkaceti, Ukkacetva, Ukkacita, Ukkacitavinita, Ukkacu, Ukkada, Ukkadabagalu, Ukkadabagilu, Ukkadagahale, Ukkadagale, Ukkadahola, Ukkadamane, Ukkadana, Ukkaddha.
Full-text (+30): Dhammokka, Ukkadhara, Ukkacela, Tinukka, Ukkasata, Ukkaloka, Ukkobhasa, Ukkaratthana, Ukkasatasahassa, Ukkopama, Ukkaruharana, Daruukkakalapa, Daruukka, Celukka, Ukkapata, Ukkamukha, Ukkapanali, Darutinukka, Ukkahattha, Ukkadana.
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Taisho: Chinese Buddhist Canon
Scroll 9c - Part 38: Ugga-sutta (part 1) < [Part 26 - Middle Length Discourses]
Scroll 9d - Part 39: Ugga-sutta (part 2) < [Part 26 - Middle Length Discourses]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 79 < [Tamil-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
Page 200 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 459 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Section A - First method: eliminating the sensual desires < [Part 2 - Means of acquiring meditation]
Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Mahavagga, Khandaka 2, Chapter 32 < [Khandaka 2 - The Uposatha Ceremony, and the Patimokkha]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 203 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
The need to publish well-edited tamil medical texts < [Volume 14 (issue 3), Jan-Mar 1995]