…Pv-a.1, Pv-a.50
■ dum-uttama a splendid tree Vv.39#3; nar˚ the best of men Snp.1021 (narāsabha of Snp.996); pur˚ the most magnificent town…

adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic …

indeclinable exclamation of surprise or bewilderment: alas! woe etc., perhaps in cpd. ahevana a dense forest (lit. oh! this forest, alas! the forest (i.e. how big it is) Ja.v.63 (uttamāhevanandaho, …

…(= sīlaṃ ariyaṃ uttamaṃ parisuddhaṃ DN-a.i.286) MN.ii.167.

When the commentators, many centuries afterwards began to write Pali…

…adj.: ˚āsanna too near; ˚uttama the very highest; ˚udaka too much water; ˚khippa too soon; ˚dāna excessive almsgiving ˚dāruṇa very…

Ati-uttama

adjective by far the best or highest Vv-a.80.

…Iti.18; Snp.1130 (magga uttama); Dhp.191 Dhp.273; Thig.158, Thig.171; Kp iv.; Vin.i.10; Cnd.485; DN-a.i.313; Dhp-a.iii.402. *…

…(itthi bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ woman is the highest property), Cnd.38; Ja.iii.353 (yācita˚ object asked = yāca); Thag-a.288 (id.);…

…has eaten, or enjoys (cp. bhutta 2) Ja.v.465 (ahaṃ bhuttā bhakkhaṃ ras’ uttamaṃ).

n. ag. fr. bhuj, cp. Sk. bhoktṛ already Vedic & Epic

ornament, decoration Vism.10 (yatino-sīla-bhūsana-bhūsitā contrasted to rājāno muttāmaṇi-vibhūsitā).

fr. bhūṣ

…DN.iii.144, DN.iii.155 -uttama sublime Dhs-a.192. -uppatti birth in the brahma heaven SN.i.143….

…Snp.267, Snp.274 (vas-uttama), Snp.566, Snp.655, Snp.1128; Thag.1027, Thag.1079; Iti.28, Iti.48, Iti.78, Iti.111; Dhp.155, Dhp.156, Dhp.312;…

…DN.iii.144, DN.iii.155 -uttama sublime Dhs-a.192. -uppatti birth in the brahma heaven SN.i.143….

…has lost it:
dvipa-d-uttama Snp.995; koci-d-eva Pv-a.153; kincid-eva ibid. Pv-a.70; tāva-d-eva ib. Pv-a.74; yāva-d-atthaṃ ib…

…Pv-a.1 (vande taṃ uttamaṃ Dhp ˚ṃ, B ˚ṃ, S ˚ṃ). Cp. Satthari, Dhamme Sanghe kankhati, as 3 of the ceto-khilā AN.iii.248≈ 3….

…Iti.40
■ Ja.i.47 (virūpa-vesa˚) Dāvs v.15
■ f. ˚inī Pv.i.10#8 (kāsikuttama˚).

Sk. dhārin, see dhāreti &…

…Bodhi tree Dpvs.i.7;

• -uttama a magnificent tree Vv.39#3;
• -phala fruit of a tree MN.ii.74; Vism.231…

…AN.v.21; Snp.83 (dipa-duttama), Snp.995 (id.) Snp.998; Dhp.273; -pādaka = ˚pad Thag.453 = Snp.205.

5. as sec. cpd. form (with guṇa)…

…viz. hetu˚, paccaya˚, uttama˚ sādhāraṇa˚. Another 4 at Tikp.27, viz. kusala˚ akusala˚, vipāka˚, kiriya˚, and 9 at Tikp.252, viz…

…Bhagavā isi ca sattamo ca uttamaṭṭhena Snp-a.351); Vv.21#1 (= buddha-isinaṃ Vipassi-ādīnaṃ sattamo Vv-a.105). Isika (isika)

Vedic…

…SN.i.43 (bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ); Dhp-a.i.390 (itthiyo vikkiṇiya bhaṇḍaṃ).

• -agāra (-āgāra) as…

…SN.i.43 (bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ); Dhp-a.i.390 (itthiyo vikkiṇiya bhaṇḍaṃ).

• -agāra (-āgāra) as…

…suffix winning, victorious: sangāma˚ victorious in fight, in sangāmaj uttama “greatest of conquerors” Dhp.103; sabba…

…Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN.i.45 (anto-jālikata caught in a net); Snp.62, Snp.71, Snp.213, Snp.669; Ja.i.52; Ja.vi.139
■…

…dhammo ca sīlaṃ jīvitam uttamaṃ, etena maccā sujjhanti, na gottena dhanena vā SN.i.34 = SN.i.55; MN.iii.262, quoted at Vism.3, where k is…

…and uttamapurisa Defⁿ sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā te…

in kāsi-kuttama Ja.vi.49 should be read as kāsik’uttama.

…(where to be read kāsik’ uttama for kāsi-kuttama). -vattha Benares muslin AN.i.248 AN.iii.50; Pp.34; Mil.2; Dhp-a.i.417; Vism.115.

cp….

…is given as “maggam uttamaṃ” at Snp.1130, i.e. the Highest Path. See for ref. e.g. Vin.iii.93; Vin.iv.26; DN.ii.353 DN.iii.102,…

…visiṭṭha, pāmokkha, uttama pavara,“ see Cnd.502.

Note on mahā & cpds

1. In certain compounds the combⁿ…

…like api, eva, pi, yeva: vuttamatte eva as soon as said Dhp-a.i.330; cintitamatte at the mere thought Dhp-a.i.326; naṃ jātamattaṃ yeva as…

swelling or rising in tone, increase of sound Ja.ii.249 (vīṇaṃ uttama-mucchanāya mucchetvā vādesi).

fr. mucchati 2

…cp. Vin.i.246) Vb-a.332 (= uttamaṃ, mukha-bhūtaṃ vā)
■ Der. adj mokkha & pāmokkha; (q.v.). Note. A poetical instr sg….

…Snp.836; Ja.i.151;

• -uttama best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) SN.i.23; DN.iii.147; Snp.1021;
• -deva…

…of N., is maṅgalaṃ uttamaṃ & to be achieved by means of; tapo, brahmacariyā and ariyasaccāna-dassanaṃ Snp.267
■…

…variant reading opaguyha gajuttama opavayha = rāja-vāhana C.); DN-a.i.147 (ārohanayogga opavuyha, variant reading ˚guyha); Vv-a.316 (T….

…Snp.700 (moneyyaṃ uttamaṃ padaṃ, thing; but Snp-a.491 explains as uttama-paṭipadaṃ), Snp.765; Dhp.21, Dhp.93, Dhp.114…

…for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a.iii.237; Vv-a.78
■ DN.i.124 (ettaka˚) MN.ii.120 (˚nipacca); SN.i.166;…

…DN-a.i.169 explains by uttamatāya); MN.i.10 (abyābajjha˚); SN.i.82 (nāḷik’ odana-paramatāya on a nāḷi of boiled rice at the…

…abundant.“ Synonymous with uttama (DN-a.i.109, DN-a.i.171), uḷāra (Pv-a.25, Pv-a.228), atuḷa (Pv-a.110) opp. hīna (DN.iii.215;…

…in uttama˚ (= mahāpurisa) Dhp.97 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.188). Cp posa.

abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauruṣa or…

…Snp.991, Snp.1012 (˚uttama), Snp.1013; Ja.vi.276 (= nagara C); Mhvs.14, Mhvs.29
■ avapure below the fortress MN.i.68
■…

…Vism.447, Vism.492.

• -uttama “the highest of men,” an excellent man AN.v.16, AN.v.325 sq.; Snp.544; Dhp.78;…

adjective having sons SN.i.6; Snp.33.

fr. *puttamant

… ■ ji (sangāma-j-uttama) victorious in battle Dhp.103 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.227 = sangāma-sīsa-yodha) -bheri battle…

…Vv.16#2 (vara graceful = uttamarūpa-dhara Vv-a.79; perhaps to 2) Pv-a.46 (of hair: fine + mudhu). 2. (n. nt.) body (orig. slender part of…

…(verse 143); Ja.iii.218 (= uttama C.). In other comb^n. at Vism.64 (u. majjhima mudu referring to the 3 grades of the Dhutangas);…

highest amount, climax, limit DN-a.i.169 (for paramatā).

abstr. fr. uttama

…uttama-bhāvaṃ patta).

• -attharaṇa upper cover Ja.vi.253.
• -pubba…

…the noble city Vv.16#6 (= uttama˚, Rājagahaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ Vv-a.82); ratana˚; the best of gems Snp.683; rāja˚; famous king…

…husband) Vv.31#3.

• -uttama highest authority, greatest ideal Snp.274.
• -gata being in someone’s…

…in cātu˚; (suddhi) (purity of) the fourfold castes MN.ii.132. 3. having beauty Snp.551 (uttama˚). 4. having the appearance of AN.ii.106…

at SN.i.129 read as vattamāna.

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

…(te hattaṃ); Cnd.540#c (puttamaṃsaṃ, read āhāreyya?); Pv.ii.3#10; DN-a.i.186, DN-a.i.188 DN-a.i.2. 2. to bring, bring down, fetch…

…AN.ii.40, AN.ii.145, AN.ii.206; AN.iv.167; Cnd.540#c (āhāraṃ & puttamaṃsaṃ cp. SN.ii.98).

Denom. fr. āhāra

…(C. seṭṭha-ṭṭhāna uttama-ṭṭhāna); AN.iii.9; AN.v.33 sq.; DN-a.i.31; Kp-a.104.

the guṇa-and comp^n. form of usabha,…