úttara mfn. (compar. fr. ud; opposed to adhara; declined, [Gram. 238. a]), upper, higher, superior (e.g. uttare dantās, the upper teeth), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ChUp.]; [Ragh.] &c.
northern (because the northern part of India is high), [AV.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
left (opposed to dakṣiṇa or right, because in praying the face being turned to the east the north would be on the left hand), [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
later, following, subsequent, latter, concluding, posterior, future, [RV.]; [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Hit.] &c. (opposed to pūrva, &c. e.g. uttaraḥ kālaḥ, future time; uttaraṃ vākyam, a following speech, answer, reply; phalam uttaram, subsequent result, future consequence; varṣottareṣu, in future years)
followed by (e.g. smottara mfn. followed by ‘sma’, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 176])
superior, chief, excellent, dominant, predominant, more powerful, [RV.]; [AV.]
gaining a cause (in law)
better, more excellent, [RV.]
úttara m. N. of a son of Virāṭa, [MBh.]
of a king of the Nāgas, [L.]
N. of a mountain, [Kathās.]
of several men
N. of a school
úttara n. upper surface or cover, [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Daś.] &c.
the north, [R.]; [Dhūrtas.]
the following member, the last part of a compound
answer, reply, [Ragh.]; [R.]; [Prab.] &c.
(in law) a defence, rejoinder, a defensive measure
contradiction, [Car.]
(in the Mīmāṃsā philosophy) the answer (the fourth member of an adhikaraṇa or case)
superiority, excellence, competency, [R.]; [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.] &c.
result, the chief or prevalent result or characteristic, what remains or is left, conclusion, remainder, excess, over and above, (often ifc., e.g. bhayottara, attended with danger, having danger as the result; dharmottara, chiefly characterized by virtue; ṣaṣṭy-uttaraṃ sahasram, one thousand with an excess of sixty, i.e. 1060; saptottaraṃ śatam, 107)
remainder, difference (in arithmetic)
N. of a song, [Yājñ.]
N. of each of the Nakṣatras that contain the word ‘’
a particular figure in rhetoric
N. of the last book of the Rāmāyaṇa
úttara &c. See p. 178, col. 1
for 2. See ut-tṝ, col. 2.
út-tara mfn. (for 1. See p. 178, col. 1), crossing over
to be crossed (cf. dur-uttara).