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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Utkoṭana (उत्कोटन).—nt. (see below), or (var. in Kyoto ed.; and Mironov without v.l.) khoṭana, nt.: °nam Mahāvyutpatti 8423. Both form and meaning obscure; occurs between bhikṣu- paiśunyam and duṣṭhulārocanam. Tibetan skyo sṅogs (var. brṅogs) byed pa, causing quarrels; Chin. disturbing the saṃgha; Japanese raising questions about a matter already decided. The last implies derivation from utkoṭayati, q.v. Sanskrit has nothing helpful on either reading. Pali ukkoṭana-ka, Vin. ii.94.7, means reopening a settled question (wrongly [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), just as the verb ukkoṭeti seems always so used. But ukkoṭana is defined by Dīghanikāya (Pali) commentary i.79.30 as taking bribes (to obstruct justice), which finds support in AMg. ukkoḍā, bribery ([Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]), and seems to fit better the Pali occurrences; it is always found in a list of instances of trickery and deceit (typical is Dīghanikāya (Pali) i.5.22 ukkoṭana-vañcana-nikati-sāciyogā paṭivirato); compare the Sanskrit root kuṭ. If khoṭana (Sanskrit Gr., limping) is the true reading, I know of no plausible interpretation.

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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.

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