Ukkala, Ukkalā, Ukkala: 7 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A district (janapada) in the region identified with modern Orissa (CAG., p.733). The merchants Tapassu and Bhalluka were on the way from Ukkala, when a certain deva, an erstwhile relative of theirs, advised them to visit the Buddha at Rajayatanamula, near Uruvela, and to offer food to him, which they did (Vin.i.4). They were on the way to Majjhimadesa (J.i.80). According to the Theragatha Commentary (i.48f) there were caravan drivers of a city called Pokkharavati (probably a town in Ukkala). Their destination was evidently Rajagaha, for we find them visiting the Buddha there after the first sermon and hearing him preach.
The men of Ukkala, together with those of Vassa and Bhanna, are represented as being deniers of cause and effect, deniers of reality (ahetuvada, akiriyavada, natthikavada). (A.ii.31; S.iii.72; M.iii.78; Kvu.60; AA.ii.497; see also KS.iii.63, and GS.ii.34, n.3).
The Mahavastu (iii.303) places Ukkala in the Uttarapatha and mentions Adhisthana as the place from which Tapussa and Bhalluka hailed.
The Mahabharata (E.g., in Bhismaparvan ix.365; Drona iv.122) mentions the Ukkalas several times in lists of tribes (va. Okkala).
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
Ukkala, in phrase ukkala-vassa-bhañña S. III, 73 = A. II, 31 = Kvu 141 is trsld. as “the folk of Ukkala, Lenten speakers of old” (see Kvu trsl. 95 with n. 2). Another interpretation is ukkalāvassa°, i.e. ukkalā + avassa° (*avaśya°), one who speaks of, or like, a porter (ukkala = Sk utkala porter, one who carries a load) and bondsman M. III, 78 reads Okkalā (v. l. Ukkalā)—Vassa-Bhaññā, all as N. pr. (Page 124)
1) ukkala (ဥက္ကလ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ukkala+ṇa]
[ဥက္ကလ+ဏ]
2) ukkala (ဥက္ကလ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[yādicchaka]
[ယာဒိစ္ဆကနာမ်]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) ukkala—
(Burmese text): ဥက္ကလမည်သော ဇနပုဒ်။
(Auto-Translation): The chosen verse.
2) ukkala—
(Burmese text): ဥက္ကလဇနပုဒ်၌ နေသော၊ သူ (ဥက္ကလဇနပုဒ်သူ)။
(Auto-Translation): In the book of Ezekiel, He (the one in the book of Ezekiel).
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
Ukkala (उक्कल).—nt. (presumably = Sanskrit Utkala, Orissa; compare Pali Ukkalā), name of a locality (adhiṣṭhāna), where Trapuṣa and Bhallika originated; when they visited Buddha they were journeying from the south (Mahāvastu iii.303.6), presumably homeward bound (so also in Lalitavistara 381.4—6, where they are described as uttarāpathakau): Mahāvastu iii.303.4 uttarāpathe ukkalaṃ nāmādhiṣṭhānaṃ. tato ukkalāto…trapuṣo ca bhalliko ca…
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
1) Ukkala (उक्कल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Utkal.
2) Ukkala (उक्कल) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Utkala.
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
Ukkaḷa (ಉಕ್ಕಳ):—[noun] = ಉಕ್ಕಡ [ukkada]1.
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: Ukkalai, Ukkalajanapada, Ukkalajanapadavasi, Ukkalam, Ukkalamba, Ukkalambana, Ukkalapa, Ukkalar.
Full-text: Ukkalajanapada, Ukkalam, Okkala, Utkala, Utkal, Vassa, Bhanna, Uttarapatha, Tapassu, Bhallika.
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