okAra · masculine · okāra 1.1
Okāra [o + kāra from karoti, BHS okāra, e.g. Mvu III 357] only in stock phrase kāmānaṃ ādīnavo okāro saṅkileso D I 110, 148 (= lāmaka-bhāva Sv I 277); M I 115, 379, 405 f.; II 145; A IV 186; Nett 42 (v.l. vokāra); Dhp-a I 6, 67. The exact meaning is uncertain. Etymologically it would be degradation. But Buddhaghosa prefers folly, vanity, and this suits the context better.
okāra , see avakāra .
degradation, demeaning
【陽】 低，降級，降格，退化。
(masc, masc) inferiority; baseness (of) lowliness, degradation [lit.] making down Construction: ava + √kar > kār + *a
(masc, masc, letter, comp) (gram) letter o; 8th letter of the alphabet; guttural-labial vowel Construction: o + kāra
(masc, masc, letter, comp) (gram) vuddhi form of the letters u and ū Construction: o + kāra