Utari, Utārī, Utāri, Ūtāri: 3 definitions

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Utari means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, 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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Utari (उतरि) [?] [or Ukari ?] (in Chinese: Yeou-kia-li) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Dhaniṣṭhā or Dhaniṣṭhanakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Dhaniṣṭhā] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Utari] for the sake of protection and prosperity.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

utārī (उतारी).—f (utaraṇēṃ) Loss of the command of the game by playing off the high cards. v kara. 2 fig. Decline (of life, prosperity &c.) 3 m A passenger (on board a vessel): one alighting on a journey: a traveler, a sojourner. 4 A charmer of snakebites, scorpion-stings &c. 5 (Poetry.) A ferryman.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Utāri (உதாரி) noun < idem. See உதாரன். உதாரி மேவிய கானமே [utharan. uthari meviya kaname] (சேதுபுராணம் தரும. [sethupuranam tharuma.] 9).

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Ūtāri (ஊதாரி) noun < udāra. Spendthrift, prodigal, squanderer; வீண்செலவுக்காரன். கொ டையிலாத வூதாரி. (திருப்புகழ்). [vinselavukkaran. ko daiyilatha vuthari. (thiruppugazh).]

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Ūtāri (ஊதாரி) noun probably from udāra. Worthless person; பயனிலி. ஊதாரியாய் நானழியா வண்ணம் [payanili. uthariyay nanazhiya vannam] (பாடு. [padu.] 63, பந்து. [panthu.]).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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