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uttama

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.]