opaDika · adjective
Opadhika (adjective) [from upadhi. BHS after the Pāli, aupadhika Divy 542] — forming a substratum for rebirth (always with reference to puñña, merit). Not with Morris, JPTS 1885, 38 as "exceedingly great"; the correct interpretation is given by Dhammapāla at Vv-a 154 as "atta-bhāva-janaka paṭisandhi-pavatti-vipāka-dāyaka". — S I 233 = A IV 292 = Vv 34 21 ; It 20 (v.l. osadhika), 78.
[ opadhika , assumed by Weller on LV 32.1 , but see s.v. upadhika .]
connected with material acquisitions and attachment; (according to commentaries) forming a basis for rebirth
(adj, adj, from upadhi) connected with attachment; related to appropriation; concerned with acquisition; (comm) for which the performance of virtue is an acquisition, or they are things that have acquisitions as their purpose connected with material acquisitions and attachment; (according to commentaries) forming a basis for rebirth [lit.] regarding placing near Construction: upa > opa + √dhā + i + *ika upadhi + *ika