As a deity name
Name 368 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 230 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 495 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 80 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अनुत्तम · adj
जिससे उत्तम दुसरा न हो । सर्बोत्तम · जो सबसे अच्छा न हो । सर्वोत्तम नहीं । घटिया — Śabdasāgara
अनुत्तम · noun · masculine
शिव · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
unsurpassed, incomparably the best or chief, excellent
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
an-uttama mf(ā)n. unsurpassed, incomparably the best or chief, excellent
excessive
not the best
(in Gr.) not used in the uttama, or first person.
anuttama a. [na uttamo yasmāt] 1 Than which there is nothing better, having no superior or better, unsurpassed, the very best or highest, incomparably or pre-eminently the best; sarvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyamāhuranuttamaṃ H. Pr. 4; kāṃkṣan gatimanuttamāṃ Ms. 2. 242; Y. 1. 87; adastvayā nunnamanuttamaṃ tamaḥ Śi. 1. 27 all-pervading; Bg. 7. 18; Ms. 2. 9; 5. 158; 8. 81. 2 Not the best. 3 (In gram.) Not used in the uttama or first, person. — maḥ N. of Śiva or Viṣṇu. Comp. — aṃbhas, -aṃbhasikaṃ a term in Sāṃkhya philosophy, said to mean ‘indifference to and abstinence from sensual enjoyment, as fatiguing or involving injury to external objects.’
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