Uktha, Ukthā: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Uktha (उक्थ).—Agni, the father of Parāvāṇī. This agni is saluted with three kinds of Uktha hymns. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 219, Verse 25).
2) Uktha (उक्थ).—A particular portion of Sāmaveda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Uktha (उक्थ).—Born from the eastern face of Brahmā.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 12. 40.
1b) An yajña from the south face of Brahmā. (uktam-br. p.).*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 9. 50; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 8. 51; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 5. 54.
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureUkthā (उक्था) is one of the twenty-six varieties of Sanskrit metres (chandas) mentioned in the Chandaśśāstra 1.15-19. There are 26 Vedic metres starting with 1 to 26 letters in each pāda. It is a common belief that the classical metres are developed from these 26 metres. Generally a metre has a specific name according to it’s number of syllables (akṣara). But sometimes the same stanza is called by the name of another metre from the point of view of the pādas.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUktha (उक्थ).—[vac-thak]
1) A saying, sentence, verse, hymn (stotram); यं बृहन्तं बृहत्युक्थे (yaṃ bṛhantaṃ bṛhatyukthe) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.47.41.
2) Eulogy, praise.
3) Name of the Sāmaveda (Trik.); a variety of Sāma; (sāmabhedaḥ sāmaviśeṣaḥ).
4) (In ritual) A kind of recitation or certain recited verses (opp. sāman chanted, and yajus muttered verses).
5) The उक्थ (uktha) sacrifice; Bhāgavata 3.12.4.
6) Life; उक्थेन रहितो ह्येष मृतकः प्रोच्यते यथा (ukthena rahito hyeṣa mṛtakaḥ procyate yathā) Bhāgavata 1.15.6.
7) A proximate cause (upādānakāraṇa); एतदेषामुक्थमथो हि सर्वाणि नामान्युत्तिष्ठन्ति (etadeṣāmukthamatho hi sarvāṇi nāmānyuttiṣṭhanti) Bṛ. Up.1.6.1.
-kthaḥ Name of Agni; उक्थो नाम महाभाग त्रिभिरुक्थैरभिष्टुतः (uktho nāma mahābhāga tribhirukthairabhiṣṭutaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3. of the drama consisting of four acts; for definition &c. see S. D.518 = वृकः (vṛkaḥ) a wolf.
-kthā Name of a metre, see Appendix.
Derivable forms: uktham (उक्थम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUktha (उक्थ).—n.
(-kthaṃ) The second or Sama Veda. f.
(-kthā) A kind of metre, a stanza of four lines of one syllable each, the syllable may be one long or two short in quantity. E. vac to speak, and thak Unadi affix.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUktha (उक्थ).—i. e. vac + tha, n. Praise,
Uktha (उक्थ).—[neuter] saying, praise, verse; [adjective] cert. recitation ([ritual or religion]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Uktha (उक्थ):—[from ukta] n. a saying, sentence, verse, eulogy, praise, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] (in the ritual) a kind of recitation or certain recited verses forming a subdivision of the Śastras (they generally form a series, and are recited in contradistinction to the Sāman verses which are sung and to the Yajus or muttered sacrificial formulas), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] (the mahad-uktham or bṛhad-uktham, ‘great Uktha’, forms a series of verses, in three sections, each containing eighty Tṛcas or triple verses, recited at the end of the Agnicayana)
4) [v.s. ...] Name of the Sāma-veda, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
5) Ukthā (उक्था):—[from uktha > ukta] f. a kind of metre (four times one long or two short syllables)
6) Uktha (उक्थ):—[from ukta] m. a form of Agni, [Mahābhārata]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a prince, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a divine being belonging to the Viśve Devās, [Harivaṃśa 11542.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Uktha (उक्थ):—(thaṃ) n. The Sāma Veda.
2) (thaṃ) 1. n. Life.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Uktha (उक्थ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uttha.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUktha (ಉಕ್ಥ):—[noun] name of a particular sacrifice, a variety in ಸೋಮಯಾಗ [somayaga].
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 (+9): Ukthabhrit, Ukthadi, Ukthadihautra, Ukthadividhi, Ukthadoha, Ukthamada, Ukthamukha, Ukthamvac, Ukthapaddhati, Ukthapatra, Ukthapattra, Ukthaprayoga, Uktharka, Ukthasampad, Ukthashamsin, Ukthashas, Ukthashasa, Ukthashastra, Ukthashushma, Ukthavahas.
Ends with: Agnyuktha, Anuktha, Atyuktha, Auktha, Barhaduktha, Bribaduktha, Brihaduktha, Dvyuktha, Kaamuktha, Mahaduktha, Mukta.
Full-text (+50): Ukthashamsin, Ukthin, Anuktha, Aukthika, Ukthashastra, Ukthapatra, Aukthya, Dvyuktha, Ukthavi, Atyuktha, Ukthabhrit, Ukthya, Ukta, Nitkevalya, Uktharka, Ukthavahas, Bribaduktha, Ukthashasa, Ukthashushma, Aukthaka.
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