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Dharmottara, Dharma-uttara: 9 definitions

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Dharmottara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dharmottara in Buddhism glossary
: academia.edu: The Chronological History of Buddhism

Dharmottara (50-130 CE) wrote Nyayabindutika. He was the disciple of Arcata and Śubhagupta. He was the contemporary of Kashmir King Cippata Jayapida (102-114 CE). But Taranatha indicates that Dharmottara was the junior contemporary of King Dharmapala (110-160 BCE).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dharmottara in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dharmottara (धर्मोत्त�).�a. 'rich in virtue,' chiefly characterized by justice, eminently just and impartial; धर्मोत्तरं मध्यममाश्रयन्त� (dharmottara� madhyamamāśrayante) R.13.7.

Dharmottara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and uttara (उत्त�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dharmottara (धर्मोत्त�).—name of a teacher: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 3502. Cf. Pali Dhammuttara (Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names)).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dharmottara (धर्मोत्त�).—adj. attached to virtue, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 13, 7.

Dharmottara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and uttara (उत्त�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Dharmottara (धर्मोत्त�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Viṣṇudharmottara, Śivadharmottara.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dharmottara (धर्मोत्त�):—[from dharma > dhara] mfn. entirely devoted to justice or virtue, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Raghuvaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a, [Buddhist literature] teacher (īⲹ m. [plural] his scholars)

3) [v.s. ...] n. predominance of virtue (over wealth and pleasure), [Mahābhārata]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of works. (cf. ṣṇ- and ś-).

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dharmottara (धर्मोत्त�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dhammuttara.

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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.

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