adjective

1. exalted, high, prominent, glorious, excellent, most freq. opp. to hīna in phrase hīna-m-ukkaṭṭha-majjhime Vin.iv.7; Ja.i.20 (verse 129), Ja.i.22 (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); Snp-a.160 (dvipadā sabbasattānaṃ ukkaṭṭhā); Vv-a.105 (superl. ukkaṭṭhatama with ref. to Gotama as the most exalted of the 7 Rishis) Sdhp.506 (opp. lāmaka).
2. large, comprehensive great, in ukkaṭṭho patto a bowl of great capacity (as diff. from majjhima & omaka p.) Vin.iii.243 (= uk. nāma patto aḍḍhālhak’ odanaṃ gaṇhāti catu-bhāgaṃ khādanaṃ vā tadūpiyaṃ vā byañjanaṃ).
3. detailed, exhaustive specialised Vism.37 (ati-ukkaṭṭha-desanā); also in phrase ˚vasena in detail Snp-a.181.
4. arrogant, insolent Ja.v.16.
5. used as nom at Ja.i.387 in meaning “battle conflict”
   ■ an˚; Vism.64 (˚cīvara).

• -niddesa exhaustive exposition, special designation, term par excellence Dhs-a.70; Vv-a.231; Pv-a.7.
• -pariccheda comprehensive connotation Snp-a.229, Snp-a.231, Snp-a.376.

pp. of ukkaṃsati