Tathā'gata, _p._ and _skt._, generally explained as "the Perfect One." The highest attribute of Buddha; robe of the Tathāgata; soldiers of the Tathāgata; the law the body of the Tathāgata; Tathāgatas are only preachers. Tiratana, _p._, Trira'tna, _skt._, the three jewels or the holy trinity of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, a doctrine peculiar to Northern Buddhism. (See Trikāya.) Ti'tthiya, _p._, Tī'rthika, _skt._, a religious school of India in Buddha's time. Trikā'ya, the three bodies or personalities of Buddha, the Dharmakāya, the Sambhoga-kāya, and the Nirmāna-kāya. Uddaka, _p._, U'draka, _skt._, a Brahman philosopher. Ujje'nī, _p._, Ujja'yinī, _skt._, name of a city. Upādā'na, _p._ and _skt._, desire, a grasping state of mind. One of the nidānas. (Upagutta, _p._), Upagu'pta, _skt._, name of a Buddhist monk. U'paka, _p._ and _skt._, name of a man, a Jain, who met Buddha, but was not converted by him. Upā'li, _p._ and _skt._, a prominent disciple of Buddha. Before his conversion he was, according to the Buddhistic tradition, court-barber to the king of the Sakyas. Upasa'mpadā, _p._ and _skt._, admittance to the Buddhist brotherhood, ordination. (See Pabbajā.) Upava'ttana, Upava'rtana, _skt._, a grove in Kusinagara. The word means a rambling-place, a gymnasium. Upo'satha, _p._, Upava'satha, _skt._, the Buddhist sabbath. Rhys Davids says (pp. 140--141): "The Uposatha days are the four days in the lunar month when the moon is full, or new, or half way between the two. It is the fourteenth day from the new moon (in short months) and the fifteenth day from the full moon (in the long months), and the eighth day from each of these. The corresponding Sanskrit word is Upavasatha, the fast-day previous to the offering of the intoxicating soma, connected with the worship of the moon. Instead of worshipping the moon, the Buddhists were to keep the fast-day by special observance of the moral precepts; one of many instances in which Gotama spiritualised existing words and customs."; observe the Uposatha or Sabbath. Uruve'lā, _p._, Urubi'lvā, _skt._, a place south of Patna on the banks of the Nerañjara river, now Buddha Gayā. The residence of Kassapa, the chief of the Jatilas. Va'jji, _p._, Vri'ji, _skt._, name of a people living in the neighborhood of Magadha; assemblies of the Vajji. Va'rana, _p._ and _skt._, a tree; _Crataeva Roxburghii_. Vardhamā'na, _skt._, Vaddhamā'na, _Jaina Prākrit_, proper name of the founder of Jainism. Also called Jñātapu'tra in _skt._ and Nātapu'tta in _Jaina Prākrit_. Va'runa, _p._ and _skt._, a Brahman deity, the god of heaven and regent of the sea; one of the guardians of the world. Vāsavada'ttā, _p._ and _skt._, a courtesan of Mathurā. Vāse'ttha, _p._, Vāsi'shtha, _skt._, name of a Brahman.