Pāli Dictionary

uttāna

udprefixtanrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

paritta, uttānī

Antonyms

gambhīra

doctrine

  • open, clear, manifest, evident (especially of the Dhamma or its meaning)

  • MN 39

    parisuddho no kāyasamācāro bhavissati uttāno vivaṭo na ca chiddavā saṃvuto ca

  • SN 12.22

    evaṃ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.

general

  • lying on one’s back; supine

  • MN 48

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, daharo kumāro mando uttānaseyyako hatthena vā pādena vā aṅgāraṃ akkamitvā khippam'eva paṭisaṃharati.

  • Thag 16.10

    udar'āvadehakaṃ bhutvā, sayant'uttānaseyyakā, kathaṃ vattenti paṭibuddhā, yā kathā satthugarahitā.

  • shallow (of water, or figuratively of a person’s understanding)

  • AN 2.43

    katamā ca, bhikkhave, uttānā parisā? idha, bhikkhave, yassaṃ parisāyaṃ bhikkhū uddhatā honti unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā muṭṭhassatī asampajānā asamāhitā vibbhantacittā pākat'indriyā.

utta

vacroottasuffix

via inflected form uttāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vac1say; speak

general

  • an utterance; a saying; speech

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