"upakāra" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, upa- + kāra; possibly from Sanskrit उपकार (upakāra). Etymology templates: {{surf|pi|upa-|kāra}} By surface analysis, upa- + kāra, {{inh|pi|sa|उपकार}} Sanskrit उपकार (upakāra) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} upakāra m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], upakāro [nominative, singular], upakārā [nominative, plural], upakāraṃ [accusative, singular], upakāre [accusative, plural], upakārena [instrumental, singular], upakārehi [instrumental, plural], upakārebhi [instrumental, plural], upakārassa [dative, singular], upakārāya [dative, singular], upakāratthaṃ [dative, singular], upakārānaṃ [dative, plural], upakārasmā [ablative, singular], upakāramhā [ablative, singular], upakārā [ablative, singular], upakārehi [ablative, plural], upakārebhi [ablative, plural], upakārassa [genitive, singular], upakārānaṃ [genitive, plural], upakārasmiṃ [locative, singular], upakāramhi [locative, singular], upakāre [locative, singular], upakāresu [locative, plural], upakāra [singular, vocative], upakārā [plural, vocative]
  1. help, support, favour Tags: masculine Derived forms: bahūpakāra (english: very useful), sopakāra (english: helpful)
    Sense id: en-upakāra-pi-noun-oShnPHQo Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali terms prefixed with upa- Synonyms: 𑀉𑀧𑀓𑀸𑀭 [Brahmi, character], उपकार [Devanagari, character], উপকার [Bengali], උපකාර [Sinhalese, character], ဥပကာရ, ဢုပၵႃရ [Burmese, character], อุปการ, อุปะการะ [Thai, character], ᩏᨷᨠᩣᩁ [Tai-Tham, character], ອຸປກາຣ, ອຸປະກາຣະ [Lao, character], ឧបការ [Khmer, character], 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄇𑄂𑄢 [Chakma, character]

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