upaka
(-)upaka , ( 1 ) at end of cpds. (= Pali -upaka, -ūpaka, °ikā f. ; BHS also has equivalent -upaga , q.v. ), pertaining, belonging to …; suitable, appropriate (to) …; fit (for) …; like : Vaj. fragment in Pargiter ap. Hoernle MR 180.3—4 naivasaṃjñānopakā(ḥ), haplog. for naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanopakāḥ, which read, belonging to the … (= °yatanopagāḥ Dharmas 129 , see -upaga ; Vaj. ed. 20.18—19 reads naivasaṃjñino nāsaṃjñino, a secondary recast); kulopaka (= Pali kulūpaka), lit. belonging to a family, = family associate , said of a monk who is regularly supported by a certain family, Mv i.244.12 (tasya yo mātāpitṛṇāṃ, so mss. , Senart em. °tṝṇāṃ) bhikṣu kulopako āsi; (in Av ii.67.9 replaced by kulopagata , q.v. ; in Mv iii.453.3 wrongly read by em. in text, see s.v. kalopī ;) also, by extension, said of the houses visited by such monks, Divy 307.2 kulopaka- ( mss. kulopa-)gṛheṣu gatvā, and 3 te kulopakagṛhāṇy upasaṃkrāntāḥ; prob. by analogy with this word Mv iii.372.16 prajñopaka ( em. for ājñop°, ājñāp°; context makes em. seem quite certain), dependent on prajñā , (śīlaṃ śiriṃ [so mss. ] caiva kṛtajñatā ca) prajñopakā tu pravarā bhavanti, but (the virtues of) morality, majesty, and gratitude are excellent (but) subordinate to prajñā ; akāryopaka, not fit for use , KP 131.2 anarghaṃ vaiḍūryamahāmaṇiratnam uccāre patitam akāryopakaṃ bhavati; yathopakam, adv. , according to what is fitting , Mv iii.257.6 ; 272.4 (after a seat of honor has been provided for the Buddha) °kaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghasya, and (seats) for the assembly of monks according to propriety ( i.e. relative rank); nirupaka, apparently adj. , without a correspondent or match, peerless, unequalled , Gv 301.11 ( vs ) dharmaś ca me nirupakāyu ( i.e. nirupaka = °kaḥ [Page133-b] plus ayu = ayaṃ) śrutaḥ; ( 2 ) (= Pali id. ) n. of a Ājīvaka, with whom Buddha conversed while going to Benares to deliver his First Sermon: Mv iii.325.12 ff. (note esp. 326.20 tasmād ahaṃ upaka jino, a line which elsewhere contains the form Upaga , q.v. ); ( 3 ) n. of a purohitaʼs son in the Upāli-Gaṅgapāla Jātaka: Mv iii.184.1 ff. ; corresponds to the character Aḍḍhamāsaka in the Pali Gaṅgamāla Jāt. , see DPPN .