sahAyaka · masculine
sahāyaka (see also next; in Skt. recorded only once at end of a Bhvr. cpd. ; but Pali id. is well established, in prose; = Skt. sahāya plus -ka), companion, comrade : tau bhrātarau sārdha (so read; best mss. sārtha; m.c. ) sahāyakais taiḥ LV 392.4 ( vs ); here -ka could be m.c. , in any case svārthe as in Pali ; MSV ii.176.17 (prose); but it is clearly pejorative in AsP 417.20 f. (prose) eṣa mama °kaḥ … bahavo 'pi … mamānye 'pi °kāḥ santi, na ca punas te mamābhiprāyaṃ paripūrayanti, ayaṃ tu mayā pratirūpaḥ sahāyo (NB!) labdhaḥ, he is my despicable companion, and I have many others too, but they do not fulfil my purpose; however, here I have got a suitable companion (sahāyaḥ).
a friend; an ally
Sahāyaka (adjective) [from last] feminine °yikā companion, ally, friend Vin I 18; D II 155; A II 79, 186; Ja I 165; II 29; V 159; VI 256 (gihī sahāyakā, read gihisahāyakā [?]).
(masc, masc, agent, comp, from sahāya) friend; companion friend, ally [lit.] going with Construction: saha + aya + ka sahāya + ka