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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A village of the Bumus. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was also staying there. D.iii.6.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uttāraka (उत्तारक).—

1) A deliverer, saviour.

2) Name of Śiva.

Derivable forms: uttārakaḥ (उत्तारकः).

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

Uttaraka (उत्तरक).—name of a nāga king (compare Uttara 7): Mahā-Māyūrī 247.27.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uttāraka (उत्तारक):—[=ut-tāraka] [from ut-tṝ] m. ‘a deliverer’, Name of Śiva.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Uttāraka (उत्तारक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uttāraya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Uttaraka in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Uttāraka (ಉತ್ತಾರಕ):—[adjective] transporting over or across; carrying on to the other side (of a river, sea etc.) 2) helping to cross over or to coming out of danger, difficult situation or spiritual ignorance.

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Uttāraka (ಉತ್ತಾರಕ):—

1) [noun] he who transports over or across; a conveyor.

2) [noun] he who helps another come out of danger, difficult situation, spiritual ignorance; a deliverer.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

uttarakā (ဥတ္တရကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[yādicchaka]
[ယာဒိစ္ဆကနာမ်]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

uttarakā—

(Burmese text): ဥတ္တရကာမည်သော နိဂုံး။

(Auto-Translation): The conclusion of the Uttarakara.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ut, Taraka.

Starts with (+3): Utarakam, Uttara-karkavi, Uttarakala, Uttarakalam, Uttarakalatas, Uttarakalina, Uttarakalpa, Uttarakamakhyatantra, Uttarakamanam, Uttarakanda, Uttarakankha, Uttarakankshi, Uttarakanmam, Uttarakantam, Uttarakara, Uttarakarana, Uttarakarikai, Uttarakarma, Uttarakatha, Uttarakaula.

Full-text: Pratijnottaraka, Udapa, Uttaraya, Uttarana, Korakkhatta, Purvapratijna, Uttara.

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Search found 4 books and stories containing Uttaraka, Ut-taraka, Ut-tāraka, Uttarakā, Uttāraka; (plurals include: Uttarakas, tarakas, tārakas, Uttarakās, Uttārakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)

Page 216 < [Volume 8 (1886)]

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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]

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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]

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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)

Part 3 - Three Strokes

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