Anuttara, Anuttarā: 27 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramAnuttarā (अनुत्तरा) refers to “absolute� and is used to describe the Goddess, according to the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—The word �śپ� which denotes the god’s spiritual power, embodied in the goddess, his consort. The goddess, in other words, is the state of the god, his divinity that is his infinite divine power through which he wills, knows and does all things.—Kashmiri Śaiva theologians call this Bhairava’s “freedom� (ٲԳٰⲹ) or “independence� (Ծṣa), the intuitive and creative genius (پ) of his pure conscious nature. [...] Again: The independence (Ծṣa) of the Lord with respect to His being all things is that supreme creative intuition (پ) (the wise) call the Goddess Absolute (Գܳٳٲ)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Anuttara (अनुत्त�) refers to the “insurpassable�, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] I uninterruptedly remember [you], the Vidyā leading to the ultimate well-being, embodiment of bliss, the cause of the extension of all prosperities. [You are] the primordial one, the insurpassable Kalā [i.e., Գܳٳٲ-첹]. You are Bālā, the beloved of Kulanātha (namely, Śiva). [Your] glory is incomparable, and you are filled with many felicities�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAnuttara (अनुत्त�) or “without superior�, is a synonym for the Buddha according to the 2nd century Mahāñpāramitāśāstra (chapter IV).
Why is he called A neou to lo (Anuttara)?
1) Nirvāṇa is the highest dharma. The Buddha alone knows this Ծṇa; he has not learned it from another. Besides, he guides beings and leads them to Ծṇa. Just as Ծṇa is without superior among all the dharmas, so the Buddha is without superior among beings.
2) Furthermore, no-one is his equal and, a fortiori, surpasses him in discipline (śī), and wisdom (ñ). This is why he is called Anuttara.
3) Furthermore, A indicates negation and uttara means refutation. All the systems of the heretics (īٳ첹) can be refuted and destroyed because they are false (asatya) and impure (śܻ岹). But the doctrine of the Buddha cannot be either refuted or destroyed because it escapes any discussion; it is true (satya) and pure (śܻ). This is why he is called Anuttara.
According to the Visuddhimagga:—“There is no-one better endowed with qualities than him; no-one surpasses him�.
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAnuttara (अनुत्त�) refers to “unsurpassable�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] The Bodhisattva Gaganagañja then sustained the jewel-canopy of ten thousand yojanas high over the Lord’s lion throne in the sky, joined the palms of his hands, saluted, and praised the Lord with these suitable verses: ‘[...] (8) All the dharmas are born from causes and conditions (hetupratyaya). Without any activity or intrinsic nature (屹), they are generated in thought-constructions (ṃk貹). But still the Sugata, having known the mode (naya) of such dharmas, obtained the changeless (Ծ), peaceful (śԳٲ), unsurpassable (anuttara) awakening. [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiAnuttara (अनुत्त�) or Anuttarayoga refers to the “highest (yoga)� and represents one of the divisions of Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhism, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna is commonly divided into four modes of practice, , "action", worshiping and serving a deity seen as outside oneself, , "performance", embodying a deity by performing its ritual music and dance, yoga, "meditation", visualizing a deity or deities and absorbing them into oneself, and anuttara-yoga, "the highest yoga", using sophisticated yogic meditation practices to actively turn oneself into an enlightened divinity. [...] What makes Anuttara Yoga unique is the nature of the deities visualized, wrathful and erotic, and the level of sophistication of the meditative practices which include ṇḍī-Dz, "yogic heat", known as "Tummo" in Tibetan, which are breathing exercises using ṇḍī-Dz for generating internal heat originating from the pelvic bowl, ٰܳԳپ-Dz, "death yoga", known as "Phowa" in Tibetan, which is transference of consciousness at the time of death, and śśԲ-Dz, "cremation ground yoga", meditations and ritual magic performed in cremation grounds.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: Google Books: Jaina IconographyAnuttara (अनुत्त�).—One of the five heavens of the upper world (ūǰ첹);—The five Anuttaras (according to both Śvetāmbara and Digambara) are:
- Vijaya in the east,
- Vaijayanta in the south,
- Jayanta in the west,
- Aparājita in the north,
- Sarvarthasiddhi in the centre.
Anuttara (अनुत्त�) and Anuttara are the name of two heavens in Jainism, according to chapter 1.1 [īś-ٰ] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism. Accordingly, in the sermon of Sūri Dharmaghoṣa:—“[...] Dharma is the highest happiness. Dharma bestows heaven and emancipation. Dharma shows the road for crossing the wilderness of ṃs. [...] From dharma one attains Ahamindraship in the Graiveyaka and Anuttara heavens. [...]�.
In these two heavens [viz., Graiveyaka and Anuttara], the highest, the gods have no distinction of rank, and all are called ‘Ahamindras�. Cf. Bṛhatsaṅgrahanī 3, p. 4b. Die Kosmographie der Inder p. 302.
: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 4: The celestial beings (deva)Anuttara (अनुत्त�) is one of the three subclasses of 첹īٲ (born beyond heaven), itself a division of empyrean celestial beings (Ծ첹) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 4.19. The living beings residing in the Բ are called the empyrean gods (Ծ첹) and represents one of the four classes of Devas.
There are five anuttaras, namely:
- Vijaya,
- Vaijayanta,
- Jayanta,
- 貹ᾱٲ,
- ٳ-
Which thought-colourations are there in Graivaiyaka, Anudiśa and Anuttara gods? They have pure white thought-colouration. What is the life span of deities in the five-Anuttara? The five anuttara heavens are layered heavens above Nava-anudiśā where deities reside. The life span in these heavens is thirty three 岵DZ貹.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryAnuttara.�(EI 18), penance. Note: anuttara is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryanuttara : (adj.) incomparable; unsurpassed.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAnuttara, (adj.) (an + uttara) “nothing higher�, without a superior, incomparable, second to none, unsurpassed, excellent, preeminent Sn.234 (= adhikassa kassaci abhāvato KhA 193), 1003; Dh.23, 55 (= asadisa appaṭibhāga DhA.I, 423); Pv IV.35 2 (dhamma); Dhs.1294; DA.I, 129; PvA.1, 5, 6, 18, etc. (Page 36)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)Գܳٳٲ�
(Burmese text): (�) သ�-လွန�-�-မြင့�-မြတ�-သေ�-သ�-အရ�-မရှိသော။ (က) မိမိထက�-သာလွန�-ထူးက�-သောသူမရှိသော၊ အတူမရှိသော၊ မိမိကိ�-ကျော်လွန�-လွှမ်းမို�-နိုင်သည့်အရ� မရှိသေ�-ဘုရာ�-တရာ�-သံဃာ။ (�) မိမိကိ�-ကျော်လွန်နိုင�-စွန့်နိုင�-သေ� တရားမရှိသော၊ တရား၊ လောကုတ္တရာတရား။ (�) လျော်သည်ဖြစ်၍ လွန်တတ်သေ� တရား။ (�) မလွန်သော၊ မရှည်လွန်� မတိုလွန်းသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) There is no one who is supremely exalted. (a) There is no one who is better or more exceptional than oneself; there is no one who can surpass or overpower oneself-such is the nature of the Buddha and the Dharma. (b) There is no Dharma that can surpass or be dismissed by oneself, whether it is the Dharma or the ultimate truth. (c) The truth that is just and can be transcended. (2) Neither excessive nor too short.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryanuttara (अनुत्त�).—a (S) Unable to answer. 2 S Chief, principal, best, excelled or surpassed by none, haud ulli secundus.
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anuttara (अनुत्त�).—n (S) Want or absence of an answer; or a defective, inapplicable, irrelevant answer. Pr. anuttara� utara� or pop. anuttara� mēva uttara�. 2 In law. Any answer not includible within the four kinds prescribed. See uttara. 3 Failure or non-performance of an engagement. Ex. sadarahu lihilyāpramāṇēṃ karīna hyāsa a0 karaṇāra nāhī�.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishanuttara (अनुत्त�).�a Unable to answer.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnuttara (अनुत्त�).�a. [nāsti uttaro yasmāt]
1) Principal, chief.
2) Best, excellent; अनुत्तराणि विलसितान� (Գܳٳٲṇi vilasitāni) Daśakumāracarita 162 unsurpassed. शरीरसौख्यार्थमनुत्तरस्य निपेततुर्मूर्धनि तस्य सौम्ये (śarīrasaukhyārthamanuttarasya nipetaturmūrdhani tasya saumye) | Bu. ch.1.35.
3) [nāsti uttara� yasya] Without a reply, silent, unable to answer; भवत्यवज्ञा � भवत्यनुत्तरात् (bhavatyavajñā ca bhavatyԳܳٳٲt) ṣa.
4) Fixed, firm (na uttarati calati). अर्थ्य� तथ्य� हितं वाक्यं लघुयुक्तमनुत्तरम� (arthya� tathya� hita� vākya� laghuyuktamanuttaram) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 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.
-� (pl.) A class of gods among Jainas (°ܱ貹پ첹).
-ܱ貹پ첹daśā� f. Title of the ninth aṅga of the Jainas treating of those gods.
- The south. ...अनुत्तरः � नोदीच्या� नोपर� श्रेष्ठे (anuttara� | nodīcyā� nopari śreṣṭhe)... ()| Nm.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAnuttara (अनुत्त�).�adj. (= Pali id.; compare sottara; Sanskrit in this sense only Lex., replaced by anuttama, which has had its ending assimilated to superlatives owing to the meaning of the word), having no superior, highest, supreme: Aṣṭasāhasrikā-ñpāramitā 266.13, of cittāni; Ҳṇḍū 244.7 °rā� tathāgatavarṇaviśud- dhi�; Lalitavistara 24.13 °ra-parivāra� (kula�); 85.2 anuttaro bhaviṣyāmi sarvasattvānām; پ屹Բ 144.5 anuttare-manu�- yadharme (see s.v. uttari-, end); especially epithet of samyak- saṃbodhi, ṇḍī첹 100.3; Aṣṭasāhasrikā-ñpāramitā 293.10; ղ徱 24.2; Lalitavistara 183.17; ṅk屹-ūٰ 148.3 etc., etc., extremely common (see under abhisaṃbudhyate); m. as epithet of a Buddha, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 9; as name of a , ṇḍū 52.3; f. with ellipsis of samyak- saṃbodhi (see above), ṇḍī첹 216.8 (prose) °rā� samyak- saṃbuddha� samāno, being enlightened unto supreme (enlightenment); normally the noun samyaksaṃbodhi� follows Գܳٳٲ� in this common phrase; has it dropped out by haplography? (WT same text).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuttara (अनुत्त�).—mfn.
(-ra�--�) 1. Chief, principal. 2. Best, excellent. 3. Unable to answer, silent. 4. Fixed, firm. 5. Low, inferior. 6. South, southern. n.
(-�) A reply which is incoherent or evasive, and is therfore held to be no answer. E. an neg. and uttara subsequent, &c.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anuttara (अनुत्त�):—[=an-uttara] mfn. chief, principal
2) [v.s. ...] best, excellent
3) [v.s. ...] without a reply, unable to answer, silent
4) [v.s. ...] fixed, firm
5) [v.s. ...] low, inferior, base
6) [v.s. ...] south, southern
7) [v.s. ...] n. a reply which is coherent or evasive and therefore held to be no answer
8) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] a class of gods among the Jainas.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuttara (अनुत्त�):—I. [tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-ra�--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. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-ra�--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.
(-�) In Jaina mythology, one of the two divisions (see also graiveyaka) of the gods called 첹īٲ (q. v.) which are one of the two divisions (see also kalpabhava) of the gods called Ծ첹 (q. v.); the Գܳٳٲ� comprise five classes. See vijaya, vaijayanta, jayanta, aparājita and ٳ. See also ԳܳٳٲDZ貹پ첹. E. a priv. and uttara.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuttara (अनुत्त�):—[(ra�--�) a.] Chief. n. An evasive answer or reply.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Anuttara (अनुत्त�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ٳٲ.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryٳٲ (अणुत्त�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Anuttara.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnuttara (ಅನುತ್ತ�):�
1) [adjective] not good; bad.
2) [adjective] that is not excelled by another; best; most excellent.
3) [adjective] of, from; or related to the south or southern direction.
4) [adjective] that cannot be answered.
5) [adjective] not fit to be answered.
6) [adjective] unable to answer.
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Anuttara (ಅನುತ್ತ�):�
1) [noun] the direction opposite to the north; the south.
2) [noun] an impertinent or evasive answer.
3) [noun] one who talks foolishly or too much; babbler.
4) [noun] the quality or state of being fixed; firmness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAnuttara (अनुत्त�):—adj. 1. without reply; silent; unable to answer; dumbfounded; 2. fixed; firm;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Principle of Shakti in Kashmir Shaivism (Study) (by Nirmala V.)
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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
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