Yathottaram, Yatha-uttaram: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yathottaram (यथोत्तरम्).—ind. in regular order or succession, one after another; संबन्धोऽत्र यथोत्तरम् (saṃbandho'tra yathottaram) S. D. 729; श्रैष्ठ्यमेषां यथोत्तरम् (śraiṣṭhyameṣāṃ yathottaram) Manusmṛti 12.38; यथोत्तरेच्छा हि गुणेषु कामिनः (yathottarecchā hi guṇeṣu kāminaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 8.4.

Yathottaram is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yathā and uttaram (उत्तरम्).

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

Yathottaram (यथोत्तरम्):—[from yathottara > yathā > ya-tama] ind. in reg° order or succession, one after another, [ib.; Manu-smṛti etc.]

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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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