uttama उत्तम ut-tamá mfn. (superlative fr. 1. ud; opposed to avama, adhama, &c.; cf. an-uttama), uppermost, highest, chief most elevated, principal best, excellent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Mn.]; [Pañcat.] &c. (often ifc., e.g. dvijottama, best of the twice-born i.e. a Brāhman, [Mn.]) first, greatest the highest (tone), [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.] the most removed or last in place or order or time, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c. ut-tamá (as), m. the last person (= in European grammars the first person), [Pāṇ.]; [Kāty.], [Kāś.] &c. N. of a brother of Dhruva (son of Uttāna-pāda and nephew of Priya-vrata), [VP.] of a son of Priya-vrata and third Manu of the twenty-first Vyāsa, [VP.] ut-tamá (ās), m. pl. N. of people, [VP.]; [MBh.] uttamam उत्तमम् ut-tamám (ám), ind. most, in the highest degree, [R.] at last, lastly, [ŚBr. iii, 2, 1, 21] uttamatā उत्तमता ut-tama—tā, f. or ut-tama—tva, n. excellence, superiority goodness, good quality. uttamarṇa उत्तमर्ण ut-tama—°rṇa (uttama-ṛṇa), m. a creditor, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 35]; [Mn.] &c. ut-tama—°rṇa m. pl. N. of a people, [VP.]; [MārkP.] &c. See under uttama. uttamatva उत्तमत्व ut-tama—tā, f. or ut-tama—tva, n. excellence, superiority goodness, good quality. uttamavid उत्तमविद् uttama—vid mfn. having supreme knowledge, [Bhag.] uttamaśākha उत्तमशाख ut-tama—śākha m. N. of a region, (g. gahādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 138.]) uttamabala उत्तमबल ut-tama—bala mfn. of excellent strength, very strong, [Car.] uttamagāya उत्तमगाय uttama—gāya mfn. (either fr. 2. gāya) highly celebrated (or fr. 1. gāya) wide-striding (said of Viṣṇu), [BhP.] uttamajana उत्तमजन ut-tama—jana m. pl. excellent men, [Bhartṛ.] ([Hit.] &c.) uttamalābha उत्तमलाभ ut-tama—lābha m. great profit, a double return. uttamamaṇi उत्तममणि ut-tama—maṇi m. a kind of gem, [L.] uttamapada उत्तमपद ut-tama—pada n. a high office. uttamarṇin उत्तमर्णिन् ut-tama—°rṇin m. a creditor, [L.] uttamasukha उत्तमसुख ut-tama—sukha m. N. of a man. uttamaveṣa उत्तमवेष ut-tama—veṣa m. ‘having the most excellent dress’, N. of Śiva. uttamaśloka उत्तमश्लोक ut-tamá—śloka (uttamá°), m. the most excellent renown, [TS. v, 7, 4, 3] ut-tamá—śloka mfn. possessing the most excellent fame, highly renowned, illustrious, [BhP.] uttamaśruta उत्तमश्रुत ut-tama—śruta mfn. possessing the utmost learning, [R.] uttamarṇika उत्तमर्णिक ut-tama—°rṇika m. a creditor, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] uttamatejas उत्तमतेजस् ut-tama—tejas mfn. having extraordinary splendour, very glorious, [MBh.] uttamavarṇa उत्तमवर्ण ut-tama—varṇa mfn. having an excellent colour (also being of the best caste), [Hit.] uttamaphalinī उत्तमफलिनी ut-tama—phalinī f. the plant Oxystelma Esculentum (Asclepias Rosea Roxb.), [L.] uttamaśākhīya उत्तमशाखीय ut-tama—°śākhīya mfn. belonging to that region. uttamapūruṣa उत्तमपूरुष ut-tama—pūruṣa m. = -puruṣa above the Supreme Spirit an excellent man, [L.] uttamapuruṣa उत्तमपुरुष ut-tama—puruṣa m. the last person in verbal conjugation i.e. ‘I, we two, we’ (= in European grammars the first person, our third person being regarded in Hindū grammars as the prathama-puruṣa, q.v.; cf. also madhyama-puruṣa), [Nir.], [Kāś.] &c. the Supreme Spirit, [ChUp.]; [Gaut.] &c. uttamasāhasa उत्तमसाहस ut-tama—sāhasa n. the highest of the three fixed mulcts or fines (a fine of 1000 or of 80,000 paṇas; capital punishment, branding, banishment, confiscation, mutilation, and death). uttamavayasa उत्तमवयस ut-tama—vayasá n. the last period of life, [ŚBr. xii, 9, 1, 8.] uttamacaritra उत्तमचरित्र uttama—caritra m. N. of a prince, [Uttamac.] uttamadarśana उत्तमदर्शन ut-tama—darśana mfn. of excellent appearance, [MBh.] uttamagandhāḍhya उत्तमगन्धाढ्य ut-tama—gandhāḍhya mfn. possessing abundantly the most delicate scent or delicious fragrance. uttamasaṃgraha उत्तमसंग्रह ut-tama—saṃgraha m. intriguing with another man's wife, addressing her privately, casting amorous looks &c. uttamaślokatīrtha उत्तमश्लोकतीर्थ ut-tama—śloka—tīrtha m. N. of a teacher. uttamastrīsaṃgrahaṇa उत्तमस्त्रीसंग्रहण ut-tamá—strī-saṃgrahaṇa = -saṃgraha above.