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    anuttara

    See also anutara, anutaram, anutaraṃ, anuttaraṃ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 32.
    anuttara mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ)

    1 Chief, principal.

    2 Best, excellent.

    3 Unable to answer, silent.

    4 Fixed, firm.

    5 Low, inferior.

    6 South, southern. n. (-raṃ) A reply which is incoherent or evasive, and is therefore held to be no answer.

    E. an neg. and uttara subsequent, &c.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 1.
    anuttara (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Chief. n. An
    evasive answer or reply.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    anuttara I. Tatpur. 1. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) 1 Low, nether.

    2 South, southern. 3 Low, inferior, vile.

    2. n. (-ram) 1 No-answer. 2 A bad or evasive reply

    and held therefore to be no-answer (e. g. of the defendant,

    in a law-suit). E. a neg. and uttara.

    II. Bahuvr. 1. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) 1 Best, excellent,

    supreme, chief, principal (literally: than which there is no

    higher or better). 2 Fixed, firm. 3 Unable to answer or to

    give a proper answer.

    2. m. pl. (-rāḥ) In Jaina mythology, one of the two

    divisions (see also graiveyaka) of the gods called kalpātīta

    (q. v.) which are one of the two divisions (see also kalpabhava)

    of the gods called vaimānika (q. v.); the anuttarāḥ comprise

    five classes. See vijaya, vaijayanta, jayanta, aparājita and

    sarvārthasiddhi. See also anuttaropapātika. E. a priv. and uttara.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 34, col. 1.
    anuttara an-uttara, as, ā, am, chief, principal;

    best, excellent; without a reply, unable to answer,

    silent; fixed, firm; low, inferior, base; south,

    southern; (am), n. a reply which is coherent or

    evasive and therefore held to be no answer; (as), m.

    a class of gods among the Jainas. —Anuttara-yoga-

    tantra, am, n. title of the last of the four Bauddha-

    tantras. —An-uttaropapātika (°ra-up°), ās, m. pl.

    the same class of gods. —Anuttaropapātika-daśā,

    ās, f. pl. title of a book treating of those gods.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 116, col. 1.
    an-uttara, a. not having a superior, i. e. best. [for mg, cf. niḥśreyasa.]

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 70, col. 3.
    anuttara a. [nāsti uttaro yasmāt]

    1 Principal, chief.

    2 Best, excellent; anuttarāṇi vilasitāni Dk. 162 unsurpassed.

    3 [nāsti uttaraṃ yasya] Without a reply, silent, unable to answer; bhavatyavajñā ca bhavatyanuttarāt Naiṣadha.

    4 Fixed, firm (na uttarati calati).

    5 Low, inferior, base, mean.

    6 Southern.

    — raṃ [na. ta.] No reply, a reply which, being evasive, (pb) is considered to be no reply.

    — rāḥ (pl.) A class of gods among Jainas (°upapātika).

    — rā The south.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    an-uttara mfn. chief, principal
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    best, excellent
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    without a reply, unable to answer, silent
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    fixed, firm
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    low, inferior, base
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    south, southern
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    an-uttara n. a reply which is coherent or evasive and therefore held to be no answer
    ☞ p. 33, col. 1.
    an-uttara m. pl. a class of gods among the Jainas.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 1.
    anuttara

    mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ)

    1. Chief, principal.

    2. Best, excellent.

    3. Unable
    to answer, silent.

    4. Fixed, firm.

    5. Low, inferior.

    6. South,
    southern.

    n. (-raṃ) A reply which is incoherent or evasive, and is
    therefore held to be no answer.

    E. an neg. and uttara subse-
    quent, &c.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 94.
    anuttara a. [nāsti uttaro yasmāt] 1 Principal, chief. -2 Best, excellent; anuttarāṇi vilasitāni Dk.162 unsurpassed. śarīrasaukhyārthamanuttarasya nipetaturmūrdhani tasya saumye | Bu. ch.1.35. -3 [nāsti uttaraṃ yasya] Without a reply, silent, unable to answer; bhavatyavajñā ca bhavatyanuttarāt Naiṣadha. -4 Fixed, firm (na uttarati calati). arthyaṃ tathyaṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ laghuyuktamanuttaram Mb.2.2.5. -5 Low, inferior, base, mean. -6 Southern. -ram [na. ta.] No reply, a reply which, being evasive, is considered to be no reply. -rāḥ (pl.) A class of gods among Jainas (˚upapātika). -upapātikadaśāḥ f. Title of the ninth aṅga of the Jainas treating of those gods. -rā The south. ...anuttaraḥ | nodīcyāṃ nopari śreṣṭhe...| Nm. -Comp. -yogatantram Title of the last of the four Bauddhatantras.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 23, col. 2.
    anuttara anuttara a. comp. du précédent; mms.

    Sans réplique, incapable de répondre.

    Qui n'est pas plus haut que qqc., bas, inférieur;

    méridional.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 35, col. 2.
    an-uttara- a. à quoi on ne peut répondre; qui n'a rien à répondre; excellent.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 204.
    anuttara (3. a + uttara)

    1) adj.

    a) der untere AK. 3, 4, 192.

    — b) südlich ibid.

    — c) niedrig, schlecht ibid.

    — d) fest (sthira) DHARAṆĪ im ŚKDR.

    — e) ohne Höheres, der vorzüglichste AK. TRIK. 3, 3, 327. H. 1438. an. 4, 234. MED. r. 243.

    — f) ohne Antwort bleibend, der Antwort nicht werth, = niruttara H. an. = pratijalpavivarjita MED. = avācya TRIK. = yadvada H. 347.

    — 2) m. pl. eine Klasse von Göttern, eine Unterabtheilung der Kalpātīta H. 94.

    — 3) n. das Nichtantworten: bhavatyavajñā ca bhavatyanuttarāt NAIṢ. im ŚKDR.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 987.
    anuttara

    1)

    f) keine Antwort habend so v. a. wogegen man Nichts erwiedern kann: vākya MBH. 2, 25. so v. a. nicht antwortend, Nichts zu erwiedern habend 3, 17241. kṣaṇamāsīdanuttaraḥ KATHĀS. 26, 189.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 52, col. 1.
    1. anuttara

    — 1) *Adj.

    — a) der untere.

    — b) südlich.

    — c) niedrig , schlecht.

    — 2) n. das Nichtantworten.

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 52, col. 1.
    2. anuttara

    — 1) Adj.

    — a) *ohne Höheres , der vorzüglichste.

    — b) *fest.

    — c) keine Antwort gebend.

    — d) wogegen man Nichts erwiedern kann.

    — 2) *m. Pl. eine best. Klasse von Göttern bei den Jaina.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 36, col. 2.
    anuttara m. ein best. samādhi, Kāraṇḍ. 52, 3.
    ☞ p. 36, col. 2.
    1. anuttara n. eine mangelhafte Antwort in einem Prozeß, Kāty. in Mit. 16. Nom. abstr. °tva n. ebenda.
    ☞ p. 36, col. 2.
    2. anuttara 1. Adj. (f. ā) a) Vajracch. 24, 2.

    — 1. e) mit keiner Stipulation verbunden, Nār. 1, 5.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 44.
    anuttara;
    yadbhaviṣyo daivaparo yadvadaḥ syādanuttaraḥ .
    2.1.1.377

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 173, col. 2.
    anuttara tri0 uttarauttamaḥ na0 5 ba0 . atyantaśreṣṭhe . 6 ba0 .
    uttaravākyarahite “bhavatyavajñā ca bhavatyanuttarāditi” naiṣa0 .
    na0 ta0 . uttaradigbhinnāyāṃ tadvirodhinyāṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ
    diśi, strī . uttamabhinne apakṛṣṭe tri0 . na uttarati
    calati ud + tṝ—ac na0 ta0 . sthire tri0 .

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 1.
    anuttara , adj. (= Pali id.; cf. sottara; Skt. in this

    sense only Lex., replaced by anuttama, which has had

    its ending assimilated to superlatives owing to the mg.

    of the word), having no superior, highest, supreme: AsP

    266.13, of cittāni; Gv 244.7 °rāṃ tathāgatavarṇaviśud-

    dhiṃ; LV 24.13 °ra-parivāraṃ (kulaṃ); 85.2 anuttaro

    bhaviṣyāmi sarvasattvānām; Divy 144.5 anuttare-manuṣ-

    yadharme (see s.v. uttari-, end); esp. epithet of samyak-

    saṃbodhi, SP 100.3; AsP 293.10; Vaj 24.2; LV 183.17;

    Laṅk 148.3 etc., etc., extremely common (see under

    abhisaṃbudhyate); m. as epithet of a Buddha, Mvy 9;

    as n. of a samādhi, Kv 52.3; f. with ellipsis of samyak-

    saṃbodhi (see above), SP 216.8 (prose) °rāṃ samyak-

    saṃbuddhaḥ samāno, being enlightened unto supreme

    (enlightenment); normally the noun samyaksaṃbodhiṃ

    follows anuttarāṃ in this common phrase; has it dropped

    out by haplography? (WT same text).

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 25.
    anuttara (EI 18), penance.

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 121.