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uttānaṁ

Uttāna

adjective stretched out (flat), lying on one’s back, supine Vin.i.271 (mañcake uttānaṃ nipajjāpetvā making her lie back on the couch), Vin.ii.215 ; Ja.i.205 ; Pv.iv.10#8 (opp. avakujja); Pv-a.178 (id.) Pv-a.265 clear, manifest, open, evident [cp. BSk. uttāna in same sense at Av. SN.ii.106 ] DN.i.116

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What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

adjective

stretched out (flat), lying on one’s back, supine Vin.i.271 (mañcake uttānaṃ nipajjāpetvā making her lie back on the couch), Vin.ii.215; Ja.i.205; Pv.iv.10#8 (opp. avakujja); Pv-a.178 (id.) Pv-a.265
clear, manifest, open, evident [cp. BSk. uttāna in same sense at Av. SN.ii.106] DN.i.116; SN.ii.28 (dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito); Ja.ii.168 (= pākaṭa); Ja.v.460; Pv-a.66, Pv-a.89, Pv-a.140, Pv-a.168
■ anuttāna unclear, not explained Ja.vi.247
■ The cpd. form (˚-) of uttāna in comb^n. with kṛ & bhū is uttānī˚ (q.v.).
superficial, “flat”, shallow AN.i.70 (parisa); Pp.46.

-mukha “clear mouthed”, speaking plainly, easily understood DN.i.116 (see DN-a.i.287); Dhp-a.iv.8.
-seyyaka “lying on one’s back”, i.e. an infant MN.i.432; AN.iii.6 Thag.935; Mil.40; Vism.97 (˚dāraka).

fr. ut + tan, see tanoti & tanta

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