Ussada
Ussada，[most likely to ud + syad； see ussanna]：this word is beset with difficulties，the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings，evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated．satt° is taken as *sapta （seven） as well as *sattva （being），ussada as prominence，protuberance，fulness，arrogance．The meanings may be tabulated as follows：（1） prominence （cp．Sk．utsedha），used in characterisation of the Nirayas，as “projecting，prominent hells”，ussadanirayā （but see also below 4） J．I，174； IV，3，422 （pallaṅkaṁ，v．l．caturassạṁ，with four corners）； V，266．-- adj．prominent ThA．13 （tej-ussadehi ariyamaggadhammehi，or as below 4?）．-- 2．protuberance，bump，swelling J．IV，188； also in phrase sattussada having 7 protuberances，a qualification of the Mahāpurisa D．III，151 （viz．on both hands，feet，shoulders，and on his back）．-- 3．rubbing in，anointing，ointment； adj．anointed with （-°），in candan° J．III，139； IV，60； Th．1，267； Vv 537； DhA．I，28； VvA．237．-- 4．a crowd adj．full of （-°） in phrase sattussada crowded with （human beings） D．I，87 （cp．DA．I，245：aneka-satta-samākiṇṇa； but in same sense BSk．sapt-otsada Divy 620，621）； Pv IV．18 （of Niraya = full of beings，expld． by sattehi ussanna uparûpari nicita PvA．221．-- 5．qualification，characteristic，mark，attribute，in catussada “having the four qualifications （of a good village）” J．IV，309 （viz．plenty of people，corn，wood and water C．）．The phrase is evidently shaped after D．I，87 （under 4）．As “preponderant quality，characteristic” we find ussada used at Vism．103 （cf．Asl．267） in combns． lobh°，dos°，moh°，alobh° etc．（quoted from the “Ussadakittana”），and similarly at VvA．19 in Dhammapāla’s definition of manussa （lobh’ādīhi alobh’ādīhi sahitassa manassa ussannatāya manussā），viz．sattā manussa-jātikā tesu lobh’‹-› ādayo alobh’ādayo ca ussadā．-- 6．（metaph．） self-elevation，arrogance，conceit，haughtiness Vin．I，3； Sn．515，624 （an° = taṇhā-ussada-abhāvena SnA 467），783 （expld． by Nd1 72 under formula sattussada； i．e．showing 7 bad qualities，viz．rāga，dosa，moha etc．），855．-- See also ussādana， ussādeti etc．（Page 157）