Uttara
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Uttara, which means "north" in Hindi
, may refer to:
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, may refer to:
- In the Hindu epic Mahabharata
- Uttara (Mahabharata)Uttara (Mahabharata)In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttara was the daughter of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile...
, the son of King VirataVirataVirata , in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was a king in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā, who married Abhimanyu son of Arjuna. Their son Parikshit succeeded...
who went into battle with ArjunaArjunaArjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...
, disguised as his charioteer. - Uttarā (Mahabharata)Uttara (Mahabharata)In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttara was the daughter of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile...
(note the long a), the daughter of King Virata who married AbhimanyuAbhimanyuAbhimanyu is a tragic hero in the Hindu epic, the Mahābhārata. He is the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, who is the half-sister of Lord Krishna...
and gave birth to Parikshit.
- Uttara (Mahabharata)
- Uttara (Dhaka) - a suburb north of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
's capital DhakaDhakaDhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
. - Uttara (film)Uttara (film)Uttara is a 2000 Bengali language drama film thriller directed by Bengali poet Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film, based on a short story by Samaresh Bose stars Jaya Seal as Uttara, Tapas Pal and Shankar Chakraborty and Raisul Islam Asad as a Christian missionary....
- Uttara (typeface) - Devanagri script.
- Uttara Foods and Feeds(company)Uttara Foods and Feeds(company)Uttara Foods and Feeds is a group company of the multi million dollar V H Conglomerate, the leader in poultry business in India. It was started by B.Venkatesh Rao, Joint M D of the Vekateshwara Hatchries Group....
- In the history of Buddhism
- Uttara was a great Arihant (Buddhism) Bhikkuni who lived in the era of Gautama BuddhaGautama BuddhaSiddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
- Uttara was a great Arihant (Buddhism) Bhikkuni who lived in the era of Gautama Buddha