1. state of being higher. Cp.iii.3#5; neg. an˚ state of being unsurpassed (lit. with nothing higher), preeminence; see anuttariya.
2. an answer, rejoinder Dhp-a.i.44 (karaṇ˚-karaṇa).

abstr. fr. uttara; uttara + ya = Sk. *uttarya