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उत्तक (uttaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-uttaka, adj. ifc., perhaps made, produced: Mv 〔ii.457.14〕 (prose) hastiśālāya paṭalāni ghanāni mahantāni bahujanauttakāni, (when a fire had broken out in the elephant-stables) the thatches of the elephant stable, thick, great, made by many people This assumes a ka-extension of AMg. -utta in deva-utta, bambha-utta, produced (created) by (the) god(s), by Brahmā (see citation in Sheth s.v. utta). The origin of the word is obscure
Sheth and Ratnach. regard it as identical with Skt. upta, sown. Senart has no suggestion as to mg. or etym.