उक्थ n. n. a saying, sentence, verse, eulogy, praise,
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
[VS.] (in the ritual) a kind of recitation or certain recited verses forming a subdivision of the
शस्त्रs (they generally form a series, and are recited in contradistinction to the
सामन् verses which are sung and to the
यजुस् or muttered sacrificial formulas),
[AitBr.] ;
[TS.] ;
[ŚBr.] ;
[ChUp.] &c.
महद्-उक्थम् (the or
बृहद्-उक्थम्, ‘great
उक्थ’, forms a series of verses, in three sections, each containing eighty
तृचs or triple verses, recited at the end of the
अग्निचयन)
N. of the
साम-वेद,
[ŚBr.] उक्थ m. m. a form of
अग्नि,
[MBh.] N. of a prince,
[VP.] N. of a divine being belonging to the
विश्वेदेवाs,
[Hariv. 11542.]