The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

U)!ra
U)!ra (adj.) [Vedic ud!ra, BSk. aud!ra] great, eminent, excellent, superb, lofty, noble, rich. -- Dhammap!la
at VvA 10 -- 11 distinguishes 3 meanings: t"hi atthehi ()!ra'; pa*"ta' (excellent), se&&ha' (best), mahanta'
(great) Vin iii.41 (˚bhoga); D i.96; M iii.38 (˚bhogat!); S v.159; Sn 53, 58, 301; Nd2 170; J i.399; v.95; Vv
11; 8426; Pv i.512 (= hita samiddha PvA 30); VvA 18 (˚pabh!va = mah!nubh!va); ThA 173, 280; PvA 5,
6, 7, 8, 25, 30, 43, 58 and passim; Sdhp 26, 260, 416. Der. o)!rika (q. v.).
U)!rat!
U)!rat! (f.) = u)!ratta Sdhp 254.
U)!ratta
U)!ratta (nt.) [abstr. fr. u)!ra] greatness etc.; only neg. an˚ smallness, insignificance, inferiority VvA 24.
U)u
U)u [Sk. u.u, dialectical?] a lunar mansion Miln 178.
U)unka
U)unka [dial.?] a ladle, a spoon Vin i.286; J i.120, 157; iii.461; Miln 8; DhA i.425; ii.3, 20; iv.75, 123.
U)umpa
U)umpa [dial.?] a raft, a float Vin i.230; iii 63 (˚' ban- dhati); J iv.2; DhA ii.120.
Uvi&&a
Uvi&&a [= vi&&ha, pp. of vi$, with prefixed u] having entered, come in D ii.274 (v. l. BK. upa˚).
Usabha
Usabha1 [Vedic %+abha; Av. ar,an male, Gr. a)/rshn, a)/rrhn masculine, to Idg. *eres & *r/s to wet, sprinkle
(with semen), as also in Sk. rasa juice, ras! wet, liquid, Lat. r0s dew. A parallel root *ueres in Sk. var+a
rain, Gr. e)/rsh dew; Sk. v%+an & v%+abha bull] a bull; often fig. as symbol of manliness and strength (cp.
nisabha) D i.6 (˚yuddha bull -- fight), 9 (˚lakkha*a signs on a b.), 127; Vin iii.39 (puris˚ "bull of a man", a
very strong man); A i.188; ii.207; iv.41 sq., 376; v.347, 350; Sn 26 sq., 416, 646, 684; Dh 422; J i.28
(v.203; ˚kkhandha broadshouldered), 336; v.99 (bharatûsabha); vi.136; Pug 56; Vism 153 (˚camma, in
simile); DhA i.396; SnA 226, 333; KhA 144; PvA 163; VvA 85. -- The compn. forms of usabha are !sabha,
isabha (in nisabha) & esabha (q. v.). The relations between usabha, vasabha & nisabha are discussed at SnA
40.
Usabha
Usabha2 (nt.) [= usabha1, in special application (?)] a cer- tain measure of length, consisting of 20 ya&&his
(see ya&&hi) or 140 cubits J i.64 (eight), 70 (id.); ii.91; iv.17 (one), 142 (eight); DhA i.108 (˚matta').
Us!
Us! (f.) [doubtful] (a certain) food J vi.80.