Uppala
Uppala，(Sk．utpala，uncertain etym．) the （blue） lotus； a waterlily．
The 7 kinds of lotuses，mentioned at J．V，37 are：nīla-ratta-set-uppala，ratta-seta-paduma，seta-kumuda，kalla-hāra．-- D．I，75； II，19； Vin．III，33 （°gandha）； J．II，443； Dh．55； Vv 322； 354； Pv．II，120； III，105； DhA．I，384 （nīl°）； III，394 （id．）； ThA．254，255； VvA．132，161．‹-› What is meant by uppala-patta （lotus-leaf?） at Vin．IV，261? （Page 152）
1. Uppala.-A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. M.iii.70.
2. Uppala.-One of the yakkhas who guarded Jotiya's palace. He had two thousand followers. DhA.iv.209.
3. Uppala.-Father of the warrior Ummāda-Phussadeva. Mhv.xxiii.82.
4. Uppala (Uppalaka).-A Niraya (S.i.152; Sn.p.126). Buddhaghosa says (SnA.ii.476f; see also A.v.173), however, that it is not a special hell, but the name of a period of suffering in hell.
5. Uppala.-One of the treasure-troves that rose up from the earth on the day of the Bodhisatta's birth. It was three gāvutas in extent. DA.i.284.
