ukthá am, n. a saying, sentence, verse, eulogy, praise, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
(in the ritual) a kind of recitation or certain recited verses forming a subdivision of the Śastras (they generally form a series, and are recited in contradistinction to the Sāman verses which are sung and to the Yajus or muttered sacrificial formulas), [AitBr.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] &c.
(the mahad-uktham or bṛhad-uktham, ‘great Uktha’, forms a series of verses, in three sections, each containing eighty Tṛcas or triple verses, recited at the end of the Agnicayana)
N. of the Sāma-veda, [ŚBr.]
ukthá m. a form of Agni, [MBh.]
N. of a prince, [VP.]
N. of a divine being belonging to the Viśve Devās, [Hariv. 11542.]