utkala

Dictionary meanings for utkala from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. Excessive, piteous; K. 306. laḥ 1 N. of a country, the modern Orissa, or the inhabitants of that country (pl.); jagannāthaprāṃta- deśa utkalaḥ parikīrtitaḥ; see āṃḍra; u- tkalādarśitapathaḥ R. 4. 38.

2 A fowler, bird-catcher.

3 A porter (carrying a load with him).

4 A sub-divi- sion of Brāhmaṇas.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

or oḍ N. of a country, the modern Orissa, which lay to the south of Tāmralipta, and extend- ed to the river Kapiśā; cf. R. 4. 38. The chief to was of this province are Cuttak and Purī where the celebrated temple of Jagannātha is situated.

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