Utkata, Utkaṭa, Utkatā: 23 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Utkaṭā (उत्कटा) is another name for Saiṃhalī, a medicinal plant identified with Piper retrofractum Vahl. or “Balinese long pepper” from the Piperaceae or ‘pepper’ family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.16-18 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Utkaṭā and Saiṃhalī, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) is a Sanskrit word referring to a type of “awned grain” (śūkadhānya), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The literal translation of the word is “immense” or “gigantic”. The plant Utkaṭa is part of the Śūkadhānyavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of awned grains”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant. Utkaṭa is similar to Śyāmāka in properties, which it is said to be astringent-sweet and light in character. It also aggravates vāta and alleviates kapha and pitta. It is cold, constipating and absorbent.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) is a Sanskrit word referring to “immense”, “superior”, “exceeding the usual measure”, etc. It is used in Yoga.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
1) Utkaṭā (उत्कटा) refers to “she who is powerful”, according to the Jayadrathayāmala: one of the earliest and most extensive Tantric sources of the Kālīkrama system.—Accordingly, as Bhairava teaches the Goddess about his inner state: “[...] There in the centre [i.e., within the foundation], O daughter of the mountains, is the supreme light between the two, being and non-being. Within that centre my (energy) abides in accord with (her supreme) state of being. (She is) Kālī who generates (kalanī) time, she who is the cause of cogitation (kalpanā). Then that supreme goddess who devours time issued forth, absorbed in the bliss of her own (innate) bliss, powerful with the contemplation of (her) own nature [i.e., svabhāvabhāvana-utkaṭā]. Established on the plane of consciousness and the unconscious, she is between the plane of consciousness and the unconscious. (She is) the goddess who is the Great Void, the Transmental who devours time”.—(cf. Kandacakra)
2) Utkaṭa (उत्कट) refers to “one who is proud” and is used to visualize Bhairava, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “He has eight faces and, very powerful, shines like a white lotus. He is mightily proud and has sharp teeth [i.e., daṃṣṭra-utkaṭa] and great body. He is terrible and fierce and his face is deformed. O Śambhu, he has twenty arms and the goddess sits on his lap. He holds a sword, mallet and noose, a double-headed drum, a dagger, the Kaustubha jewel, a rosary, a skull bowl full of fruit and the like and a piece of human flesh. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) refers to the “immense (crown of dreadlocks)” [i.e., oṃ namo jaṭāmakuṭotkaṭāya hūṃ phaṭ], according to the Guru-maṇḍala-arcana [i.e., “Guru Mandala Worship]” ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) refers to the “immense (trunk)” (of restraint), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Glory to the great tree that is stopping the influx of karma whose opponent is conquered, which is rooted in all the rules of conduct for a mendicant, whose great trunk is restraint [com.—saṃyama-utkaṭa-skandha—‘the one whose immense trunk is restraint’], whose full branches are tranquillity, which is covered with the blossom of virtue [and] is beautiful because of producing whole fruit through the reflections. [Thus ends the reflection on] stopping the influx of karma”.
Synonyms: Uddāma, Udāra.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
Utkata in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum verum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camphora mauritiana Lukman. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1826)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1892)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Nomenclature et Iconographie des Canneliers et Camphriers (1889)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
utkaṭa (उत्कट).—a S Much. 2 Many.
utkaṭa (उत्कट).—a Much; many.
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
Utkatā (उत्कता).—
1) A state of longing or regret, anxiety.
2) Name of a plant having aromatic seeds (gajapippalī).
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Utkaṭa (उत्कट).—a. Large, spacious; ज्याजिह्वया वलयितोत्कटकोटिदंष्ट्रम् (jyājihvayā valayitotkaṭakoṭidaṃṣṭram) Uttararāmacarita 4.29.
2) Powerful, mighty, extraordinary, fierce; अत्युत्कटे च रौद्रे च शत्रौ यस्य न हीयते (atyutkaṭe ca raudre ca śatrau yasya na hīyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.13; Mv. 1.39,5.33.
3) Excessive, much; अत्युत्कटैः पापपुण्यैरिहैव फलमश्नुते (atyutkaṭaiḥ pāpapuṇyairihaiva phalamaśnute) H.1.85.
4) Prominently visible, conspicuous; °लाञ्छनस्य (lāñchanasya) Uttararāmacarita 35.
5) Abounding in, richly endowed with; पादपान् कुसुमोत्कटान् (pādapān kusumotkaṭān) Rām.
6) Drunk, mad, furious; मदोत्कटः (madotkaṭaḥ).
7) Superior, high.
8) Proud, haughty.
9) Uneven.
1) Difficult.
-ṭaḥ 1 A fluid (ichor) dropping from the temples of an etephant in rut.
2) An elephant in rut.
3) The plant Saccharum Sara (ikṣutṛṇa).
4) Pride, intoxication.
-ṭāḥ The plant Laurus Cassia (saihīlatā; Mar. uṭkaṭārī, siṃhapiṃpaḷī).
-ṭam The fragrant bark of Laurus Cassia (Mar. dālacinī).
Utkaṭa (उत्कट).—m., nt., or °ṭā, f., name of a town (droṇamukha, °khya, q.v.): Mahāvyutpatti 5285 °ṭo nāma droṇamukham; Divyāvadāna 620.12 °ṭaṃ nāma droṇa° (acc.), 28 utkaṭadroṇamukhyaṃ; 621.10 yenotkaṭaṃ droṇamukhaṃ (nom., nt.), 19 °ṭān [Pagĕ0-b+ 71] (abl.); fem. 620.21 °tāṃ nāma droṇamukhaṃ (acc.), °ṭā 26. From a verbally close Pali parallel Dīghanikāya (Pali) i.87.6 it appears that the town called in Pali Ukkaṭṭhā (see Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names)) is the same; see Puṣkarasārin.
Utkaṭa (उत्कट).—mfn.
(-ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭaṃ) 1. Much, excessive. 2. Drunk, mad, furious. 3. Proud, haughty. 4. Uneven. 5. Difficult. 6. Superior, high. m.
(-ṭaḥ) 1. Intoxication, pride. 2. An elephant in rut. 3. Sara grass, (Saccharum sara.) n.
(-ṭaṃ) 1. Woody cassia or its bark. 2. Sarsaparilla. E. ut high, great, and kaṭac aff.
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Utkatā (उत्कता).—f.
(-tā) 1. A plant with aromatic seeds. (Pothos officinalis, Rox.) See gajapippalī. 2. Regretting, sorrowing for. E. utka regretting, and tal abstract aff.
Utkaṭa (उत्कट).—i. e. ud-kaṭa (kaṭa is probably a change of kaṣṭa), adj., f. ṭā. 1. Excessive, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 13, 37. 2. Abounding in, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 55, 30. 3. Drunk, Mahābhārata 2, 2160. 4. Furious, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 73, 7.
Utkaṭa (उत्कट).—[adjective] exceedingly great, strong, intense, violent; abounding in, full of (—°); drunken, mad.
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Śp. p. 11.
1) Utkatā (उत्कता):—[=utka-tā] [from utka] f. a state of longing or regret, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] the plant Pothos Officinalis having aromatic seeds, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Utkaṭa (उत्कट):—[=ut-kaṭa] mfn. ([from] 1. ud with affix kaṭa, [Pāṇini 5-2, 29]), exceeding the usual measure, immense, gigantic, [Rāmāyaṇa; Prabodha-candrodaya; Pañcatantra] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] richly endowed with, abounding in [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] drunk, mad, furious, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] excessive, much
7) [v.s. ...] superior, high, proud, haughty
8) [v.s. ...] uneven
9) [v.s. ...] difficult
10) [v.s. ...] m. fluid dropping from the temples of an elephant in rut, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] the plant Saccharum Sara, or a similar kind of grass, [Suśruta]
12) [v.s. ...] intoxication, pride, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) Utkaṭā (उत्कटा):—[=ut-kaṭā] [from ut-kaṭa] f. the plant Laurus Cassia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) [v.s. ...] Name of a town
15) Utkaṭa (उत्कट):—[=ut-kaṭa] n. the fragrant bark of Laurus Cassia.
1) Utkaṭa (उत्कट):—[utka+ṭa] (ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭaṃ) a. Much; furious; proud. m. Intoxication, pride. n. Woody Cassia.
2) Utkatā (उत्कता):—[utka-tā] (tā) 1. f. A plant with aromatic seeds.
Utkaṭa (उत्कट):—(von ud) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 29.]
1) adj. f. ā a) das gewöhnliche Maass überschreitend, bedeutend, = tīvra [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 154.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 34.] candrāṃśunikarābhāśca hārāḥ kāsāṃcidutkaṭāḥ . stanamadhye suvinyastā virejurhaṃsapāṇḍarāḥ .. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 13, 37.] utkaṭāsthi (vakṣaḥsthalam) [Prabodhacandrodaja 116, 2.] śatru [Pañcatantra 148, 9. I, 116] (atyutkaṭa). yo bhaveddoṣa utkaṭaḥ [Suśruta 1, 332, 19.] kampaḥ [Scholiast] zu [Prabodhacandrodaja 11, 17.] karabhotkaṭamūrdhajāḥ deren Kopfhaare bis zum Handgelenk herabhängen [Mahābhārata 3, 16138.] — b) reichlich versehen mit Etwas, strotzend von: viṣamotkaṭe (deśe) [Mahābhārata 3, 12449.] = viṣama [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] pādapāṃkusumotkaṭān [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 55, 30.] siṃhāviva balotkaṭau [Hiḍimbavadha 4, 38.] [Duaupadīpramātha 8, 3.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 27, 3. 3, 1, 19. 5, 56, 130. 74, 6.] [Pañcatantra II, 44] (Gegens. durbala). [III, 34.] yauvanotkaṭa [215, 10.] Vgl. atyutkaṭa . — c) aufgeregt, trunken, toll, rasend [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 23.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 436.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 154.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 34.] pralapantyutkaṭā iva [Mahābhārata 2, 2160.] utkaṭāniva (kalāpinaḥ) [3, 11586.] vikaṭānutkaṭān (rākṣasān) [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 10, 21. 60, 10. 6, 37, 101.] madhuprapānotkaṭasattvaceṣṭa [18.] madirotkaṭa [4, 24, 39. 5, 25, 41.] madotkaṭa (der Affe Hanumant) [39, 28.] ein Elephant [Nalopākhyāna 13, 7.] ein Löwe [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 73, 7.] raṇotkaṭa [3, 32, 36.] —
2) m. a) die zur Brunstzeit aus den Schläfen des Elephanten träufelnde Flüssigkeit [Hārāvalī 161.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Saccharum Sara (śara) Roxb. oder eine verwandte Grasart [Rājanirghaṇṭa] (raktekṣu, śara) im [Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 80, 12. 2, 52, 8.] —
3) f. ṭā a) Name einer Pflanze (saiṃhalī), Laurus Cassia, [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Name einer Stadt [Burnouf 207.] —
4) n. die aromatische Rinde der Laurus Cassia (guḍatvac) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 4, 22.] vulg. tejapāt [BHARATA] zu [Amarakoṣa] dāracini [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. avakaṭa, prakaṭa, saṃkaṭa .
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Utkatā (उत्कता):—f. Name einer Pflanze, Pothos officinalis Roxb. (gajapippalī), [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Utkaṭa (उत्कट):—
1) a) rajas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 59, 29.] priyamutkaṭam etwas überaus Angenehmes [Spr. 1238.] prahasita n. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 78, 4.] adv.: utkaṭāsaṃbhāvya [Sāhityadarpana 295, 4.] cumbita heftig, leidenschaftlich [Gītagovinda 1, 48, v. l.] — b) dantadaṃṣṭrotkarotkaṭa [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 134.] balotkaṭa [Mahābhārata 12, 4292.] annaiḥ kṣīraghṛtotkaṭaiḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 105, 8.] —
2) c) Höhe (nach [WEBER]) [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 362.] Die Stelle scheint verdorben zu sein: der abl. hṛdayāt wird wohl vom folg. ud abhängen und in kaṭe wird der Fehler stecken. — d) Nomen proprium eines Dichters [Oxforder Handschriften 123,b,23.] — Vgl. protkaṭa, balotkaṭā, madotkaṭa .
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Utkatā (उत्कता):—(von utka) f. Sehnsucht, Verlangen nach: āliṅganotkatā [Kathāsaritsāgara 81, 54.]
Utkaṭa (उत्कट):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) das gewöhnliche Maass überschreitend , überaus gross , — stark , — heftig. karabhotkaṭamūrdhaja Adj. dessen Haare die Dicke eines Elephantenrüssels haben [Mahābhārata 3,280,46.] ( = uṣṭrasadaśakeśa [Nīlakaṇṭha]) utkaṭa Adv. in hohem Grade , heftig. — b) reichlich versehen mit , strotzend von (im Comp. vorangehend). — c) runken , toll , rasend. —
2) m. — a) *die zur Brunstzeit aus den Schläfen des Elephanten träufelnde Flüssigkeit. — b) Saccharum Sara oder eine verwandte Grasart. — c) Nomen proprium eines Dichters. —
3) f. ā — a) *Laurus Cassia und *eine Art Pfeffer ([Rājan 6,17]). — b) Nomen proprium einer Stadt. —
4) n. — a) *die Rinde von Laurus Cassia. — b) eine Art Tanz [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 258.]
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Utkatā (उत्कता):—f. —
1) Sehnsucht , Verlangen nach. —
2) *Pothos_officinatis Roxb.
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ukkaḍa.
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Hindi dictionary
Utkaṭa (उत्कट) [Also spelled utkat]:—(a) excessive, keen, intense; gigantic; richly endowed with.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Utkaṭa (ಉತ್ಕಟ):—
1) [adjective] characterised by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; excessive.
2) [adjective] physically, morally or emotionally strong.
3) [adjective] of a violently cruel nature; savage; wild; fierce.
4) [adjective] having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious; haughty.
5) [adjective] giving cause for concern; dangerous; serious; grave.
6) [adjective] outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.; excellent.
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Utkaṭa (ಉತ್ಕಟ):—
1) [noun] excessiveness; abundance; plentifulness.
2) [noun] action or conduct that goes beyond the usual, reasonable or lawful limit.
3) [noun] the state or quality of being ferocious; dreadfulness; ferocity.
4) [noun] the yellowish-brown spice made from the dried inner bark of several trees or shrubs (Cinnamomum zeylanicum of Lauraceae family).
5) [noun] a very strong desire.
6) [noun] an afflicted condition; high degree of pain or suffering.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Utkaṭa (उत्कट):—adj. keen; intense; excessive; fervent;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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