Yutti: 2 definitions

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Yutti means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

yutti : (f.) justice; fitness.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Yutti, (cp. Vedic yukti connection, fr. yuj) “fitting, ” i.e. 1. application, use Miln. 3 (opamma°).—2. fitness, vāda°, KVA 37; in Instr. yuttiyā in accordance with Mhvs 10, 66 (vacana°); Sdhp. 340 (sutti°); and Abl. yuttito Sdhp. 505.—3. (logical) fitness, right construction, correctness of meaning; one of the 16 categories (hārā), applied to the exposition of texts, enumerated in the 1st section of the Netti; e.g. at Nett 1—3, 103; KhA 18; SnA 551, 552. Thus Abl. yuttito by way of correctness or fitness (contrasted to suttato) VbhA. 173=Vism. 562; and yutti-vasena by means of correctness (of meaning) SnA 103 (contrasted to anussava).—4. trick, device, practice J. VI, 215.

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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.

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